Wild Desire
Jean had been smiling, or, as she thought at the time, laughing at Francesca’s audacity and Clare’s markedly contrasting timidity.
Clare’s gaze wandered across his head, revelling in the light bouncing off his hair. She looked at his ears - even his ears were cute. He had an earring in one, a tiny yin-yang symbol. She remembered almost having swallowed it the night before. His jaw was stubbly again. He had the kind of dark beard that needs to be shaved twice a day for a squeaky clean look, but she was glad he didn’t look like that. The stubble emphasised the shape of his face, the cleft down the centre of his chin. It accentuated the smoothness of his lips. His tongue flicked out across the