By the time they came to the rose garden in front of the passageway, Lara continued to refuse him. She still hadn't kissed his lips. In the end, when she didn't place a kiss on his lips, before setting her feet on the ground, he leaned and brushed his lips on hers.

The kiss was nothing like she had experienced earlier. She gasped when she felt his lips over hers. It was sensuous and her lips started quivering. He set her on her feet on the soft grass under a willow oak. He tilted his head and his mouth opened as if to say something, but he snapped it shut....