“Had enough already?” Lucien teased as he tucked a lock of my hair behind my ear. He used to do this a lot for me when I was younger and much shorter. Back then he would bend down to my level and fix my hair…

“Can you stand?” Lucien asked as he pulled me onto my feet and supported my waist my wrapping his arms around them.

The sudden movement of being pulled to my feet brought me back to my senses and I realized that I was standing very close to Lucien that the lengths of our bodies were practically touching. I shook my head a little to clear...