My stomach felt like it was being attacked by a swarm of butterflies. “Really?” I had to lower my voice.

He had such unshakeable assurance. I'm done convincing myself that I don't need this. You're off-limits, but that doesn't stop me from thinking about you all the time. One could not take one's eyes off of his piercing stare. I keep fantasizing about what you would do to me, what I would do to you, and how the two of us would appear in my mirror.

“Oh,” My eyes closed with need as I sighed.

He lowered his head and ran the tip of his tongue up the swoop of...