I love you.

“I… I don’t want you to stop.”

He’d never heard a sweeter melody. His mouth descended on hers, capturing her lips in a searing kiss. Their bodies were alight with passion as the kiss deepened. Their lips mashed against each other, as if trying they were trying to destroy each other. It was hungry and desperate and spoke of months of closeted longing. Her hands wound his hair, reveling at the familiar feel of his thick strands. Lucien’s arms looped around her back, pressing her body into his.

An urgent beeping filled the room, forcing them apart. Audrey’s heart rate was through the roof, and any minute and a gaggle of medical personnel would rush into the room if she didn’t calm down. Their foreheads touched as they caught their breath.

“Sorry,” he said, not sounding sorry at all. “That was building up for a while.”

“Yeah,” she panted. “I had almost forgotten what that felt like.”

“Forgot?” Lucien pulled back, affronted. “Well, I guess I’ll just have to remind you.”

Audrey giggled as h