Love Bet
I murmured, lips barely an inch from hers, "are you still laughing at me, sweetheart?"
She swallowed, her breath uneven, her fingers fisting the sheets beneath her. "M-maybe."
I smirked. "Liar."
And then?
I kissed her.
It wasn’t gentle.
It wasn’t careful.
It was claiming.
Fierce. Devouring. The kind of kiss that demanded surrender—that told her exactly where she belonged.
She gasped against my lips, and I took it, deepened it, owned it.
Her hands slid into my hair, tugging, challenging, meeting me head-on like she always did—