Chapter 21

No, you weren't.”

“It was a spur of the moment. We were dying and you were being a chivalrous idiot.”

“You loved it. You loved it so much that you were going to kiss me there.”

“You are such a bastard.”

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She pushed him, but he was so sturdy in his spot that she ended up unbalancing herself. All amusement left him as he bent forward to catch her, the relief sharp when his grip didn’t slip. He swung her back up, then pulled her legs around him to lock her in place. This time, she didn’t pull them away.

“Stop falling for me,” he teased lightly, his hand coasting down her shivering back.

“Stop looking at me like that,” she shot back, voice frayed. Tense.

“I can't help it.”

“Then help it.”

He breathed on her cheek, then over her lips. He wrenched her even closer and took what those parted lips offered, a temptation that could no longer be fought. A gasp got stuck somewhere in her throat where his thumb caressed and her mouth o