Sean's inebriated brain had stopped working for a second when he had heard her quietly beg against his lips, "Kiss me back? ... Please? Just a little? ...I swear I won't tell anyone about it."

Without pulling away, Sean had simply countered, "I can't....It's wrong."

But Ivy's eyes had simply trailed down to his mouth as she had answered, "So? I still want to....Please?...Just let it happen, okay?"

Sean's clouded mind had worked enough to ask, "Why me?"

And then Ivy had told him something that had both warmed his heart and made the blood run down between his legs.

"Because it's you. ...It has to be you, Sean. ...I...