CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

"Where are you going?" He pulled me flush against his body.

I struggled with his hold.

"I know what you're going to say"

"Really?" He asked, one brow raised high in question. His swollen lip, a testament of what had happened earlier, distracted me for a short moment.

As if reading my thoughts, he bent his head and kissed me, snapping my thoughts close. I pulled away from him, hating that I loved it.

"You're going to tease me about my lack of experience." I said, a scowl forming on my face.

He pulled me closer and wrapped his hands around me, shocking me to stupor. We had skipped so many stages that it baffled me to realise we had actually never hugged before.

"I don't care. I was just shocked." He pulled back a fraction to look at myself.

"Shocked that I don't look inexperienced? Meaning you thought that I..." His index finger fell to my lips, shutting me up.

"Nope. You're not going to do that."

His eyes questioning me, if I was going to say anything. I wasn’t, so he removed his fin