ELOWENHe leaned in, his face was getting even closer to mine. He was still waiting. Waiting for me to move, waiting for me to pull away, waiting for me to lean in.It felt like a lifetime had passed in that single moment.A moment that could change everything.The simple rule I lived by, the promise I had made to myself after Owen left, screamed in my head. If I kissed him, I lost. I lost the control, I lost the distance, I lost the safety and peace I had fought so hard to build.In the flash of a second, I saw Owen’s face, pale and desperate, and heard his voice: He’s the same old playboy, Elowen!The warning felt real and cold, a bucket of ice water over the sudden, dangerous fire Ryan was lighting.I moved. I didn't pull away gently. I took a sharp, quick step back, putting distance between us. The movement was so sudden, it broke the moment completely.Ryan blinked, his expression shifting from soft desire to something like confusion, then annoyance. He lowered his head,
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