ELION

I didn't move, blink, or even breathe. I couldn't

For a full minute I was as still as a statue during a fancy exhibition, and in the next minute, I felt everything a man could possibly feel at once

I was suddenly hot and cold, amused and annoyed, conflicted and unsettled, irritated and painfully aware of her... presence

I stared down at Loretta, observing the strands of her caramel hair. It was lighter at the roots, I wondered how they'd feel wrapped around my fist

And even though I know I shouldn't look, I couldn't stop my gaze from going lower, to the place where his shirt stretched taut...