CHAPTER 26THIN ICEISLAI think there's only two people in this universe, and that's me and Noah. At least, that's how it feels like with him staring into my eyes with such intensity. I didn't bother to look away, even though the thought alone scares me. Noah's eyes hold mine, brimming with darkness and steadiness and in that moment, the world narrows down to the space between our faces. His thumb was warm at the base of my neck, his breath brushing my cheek. My thoughts betray me, drifting somewhere dangerous, somewhere heated and entirely inappropriate. I imagine closeness, weight and the kind of intimacy that makes your knees weak and your judgment disappear.I swallow and forced myself to blink. “You’re staring,” I mummur. “So are you,” I whisper back.Something flickers in his gaze—satisfaction, maybe relief, and then his hand slips from my neck to my wrist. For a second, I thought he'd tug or do something else, but instead, he just turns around and started walking like he
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