This kiss was soft, as if he treated me like a fragile flower.

“Thanks for the help,” he teased.

My eyes instantly blazed from irritation. I grabbed a pillow to throw at him, but my mate only chuckled. “You’re so shrewd!”

His laughter became louder, sticking his tongue out. I hissed.

As we were having our moment, we halted. Almost synchronically.

I remember the first time I saw him at the Moon Dream Restaurant, how angry I was finding Shannon and Nathan in one place but I eventually calmed down as soon as our eyes met. How my roaring blood silenced as I held his gaze, how my heart almost...