All Chapters of The Muted Wife’s Return: Chapter 21

{Ava's POV}I froze.For a full three seconds I just stood there with his lips on mine and my brain completely offline, and then something in my body made a decision that my brain had not authorized and I kissed him back.I had convinced myself over three years that I had forgotten what this felt like — Ryan's mouth, Ryan's hands, the specific way he kissed like he had nowhere else to be. Shivers ran down my spine in a slow devastating wave. My hands found the front of his shirt without me deciding to put them there.When he finally pulled back he pressed his forehead against mine and exhaled."Fuck."That snapped me back.I pushed away from him and stepped back and raised my hands to sign.He lifted one palm. "Please." His voice was low and rough. "Please do not tell me that was a mistake."We had a deal, Ryan."Fuck the deal."He reached out and took both my hands in his, and the look in his eyes made my heart skip so hard it was almost painful."You are driving me crazy," he said. "