60: Safe

SUNSHINE:

Knoxx's eyes were searching for something. That I did not know what.

"Am I jealous?" he asked.

I reached out the strands of his hair and then, combed them using my fingertips.

He sucked in a breath while he watched what I was doing. The most important thing? He was not doing anything to escape from me.

"Are you jealous," I inquired back.

He closed his eyes, as he clenched his fist.

His lips…I wanted to touch them. To kiss them and feel how soft they were. Knoxx did not smoke any cigarettes so his lips were red like strawberries.

I wanted to kiss him, I whispered inside my head.

The attraction between us was too great, but he was only denying it.

He shivered against my touch. His breathing was getting shallow as well as mine.

I licked my lips. I thought I had already given up on trying to seduce him. I was not successful last time. So what was my assurance that there would be changes now?

I'm already tired of pushing him, yet he won't give in.

His willpower was st