Novel & Cerita Just One Kiss By Susan Mallery

“And we were just walking on the beach when this happened. Plenty of witnesses around to prove it. Now, onto the reason why I am here. Do you remember John Myles?” “I always hated that cocksucker,” Charlie says, nodding and looking down at the small pad of paper in his hands. “What about him?” Devin gestures his hand toward me, his smile a telling sign of his excitement that he is trying to hide. “This is my girlfriend, Cassie.”

"You two… have known each other for a long time, haven't you?" Her tone was questioning, but her eyes—sharp like a hawk's—made it clear that she already knew the answer. Her gaze was so piercing that it made my skin crawl. After a moment of tense silence, I forced an awkward smile and pulled her aside. "Eleanor, I…" She took out her phone and showed me a photo. "Ivy, I came across something recently." I leaned in and saw it—a record of me purchasing contraceptive pills online. The quantity was significant, enough to last two or three years.

As always. She's now seventeen and her life seems to run out of light. She prepared herself. Energetic or not, she has to make it to school before it's seven o'clock or else, her teacher will not be happy about it. She eats a simple breakfast, a peanut butter sandwich and a cup of instant coffee, she even saw a mice dart from behind the peanut butter jar. Not that she minds of course. She did before, but now, these critters were her only companions in her terribly dreary life. At last, after less than fifteen minutes, Kara is ready to get out of that dilapidated house and head out to where activity rules every nook and cranny of the bustling city. ****

I cringed as I looked away from the TV and grabbed the remote from Katherine. "Why did you off it, Zora?" Kathy glared, her lips curled up into a smirk. "I was literally watching an erotic scene." I glared at her, standing up to dump my coffee cup in the basin. "Don't you dare put it that way? You caused this mess." My friend chuckled as she got up from the couch. "I wasn't the one that kissed a total stranger who by the way is the youngest billionaire in the country to make her ex feel jealous."

He slowly leans in and places his lips on mine moving it quickly, his hand on my cheek. This kiss is so gross, but I'm tipsy as fuck so I don't care at this point. The kiss lasted for about 10 seconds then I pulled away. I open my eyes to look at him and his cheeks are red. Aw he has a little crush, well he's going to get over it soon because I don't feel the same way. I look over to see Gina smirking, then to see Heaven... mad? Her face looks disgusted and I don't blame her, the kiss was gross.

Morning light streamed through the tall windows, scattering across Emilia’s room in golden shards. She sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the untouched breakfast tray a maid had delivered hours earlier. The silver dome covered food she couldn’t bring herself to eat. Her lips still tingled from the night before. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t erase the memory of that kiss—her first real kiss stolen as collateral. Emilia gritted her teeth. It wasn’t romance. It wasn’t affection. It was a chain, wrapped in silk and steel.

I pushed her into her office, I slammed the door behind me, and let go of her mouth. “What if someone went to the archive room?” She finished, hands on her waist, like she was scolding but the smile on her face betrayed her. “We---we didn’t have sex, we just --- we just—” I stuttered, not sure how to tell Susan that we just kissed and his hands moved around my body, smooching and making me feel emotions I didn’t know I had. “You just what?” “Kissed.” I summed it up. “Kissed? Girl you were moaning like he was buried inside you.” She teased, sipping her cold coffee. Susan is the only being I believe drinks cold coffee.

Jason suddenly caressed her cheek, cutting her short. The unexpected contact made her body tremble a little and tightened her throat, leaving her momentarily unable to make a sound. His hand moved down, warm fingertips caressing her lips. His tall figure leaned in, effectively trapping her in the corner. The confined space was filled entirely with his scent. His breath approached her ear, and Iris instinctively turned her face away, but his kiss landed on her neck instead. "Mr. Just, please don't..."

"Just one little kiss." Harrison leaned forward with a grin widening on his lips and closed the distance between them, his lips brushing lightly against hers. Katherina felt her heart racing, and her stomach filled with butterflies. As their lips met, she felt a wave of heat rush through her body. It was just a small kiss, but it felt like so much more.

she smiles and comes closer for a lingering kiss. *** THE END ***