Page 29 of Smoke and Mirrors

He looks from me to Kace, and his smile drops from his face. He exhales loudly. “No… I’m not.”

As anger washes over me, I throw my hands into the air and huff. “Seriously, Kace? Your friends are a mystery, too?” I squish my eyebrows together and continue, “Listen here… Kace fucking Colt, I don’t know who you think you are, but this is a load of bullshit. First, I’m removing bullets—”

“Lily—”

“Then you’re fucking working for a Mafia lord—”

“Lily—”

“Burning buildings. People dying. Weirdos climbing onto your balcony—”

“Hey, I’m not a weirdo!” Luca butts in.

Kace glares at Luca sternly furrowing his brows. “I’m coming over.”

“Screw you, Kace!”

“I kinda like her,” Luca mumbles.

“Shut up!” Kace and I both yell at the same time.

“This isn’t done, Lily,” Kace calls out.

I open my eyes wide and shake my head. “Oh… it’s done! Over. Finished. Gah…”

He glares at me, and I shake my head flipping up my middle finger at him.

“I’m sick of this shit,” I yell as I turn and storm inside.

“I’m kinda turned on,” I hear Luca say as I walk in and pace the living room floor. My heart’s racing as a bead of sweat drips down my temple. I’m so worked up, I want to rush over there and punch him myself. I hear a click, and turn to see Daisy running up to me, then I look up and watch Kace storming in toward me.

My chest heaves as I point at him. “How did you get in, the door was lock—”

Suddenly, his lips are on mine. That buzz, that charge, ignites straight away. But I’m mad as hell, so I go to push him off. Instead, he grabs my arms and pulls me to him kissing me even harder. I fight as best I can, but my defenses are dwindling. The tingle shooting through me sends goosebumps over every inch of my skin, which in turn is setting me on fire.

Kissing him is an experience all new to me. Sure, I’ve kissed guys before, but nothing has ever affected me like kissing Kace does. And as I give in, I close my eyes and sink into his body, then open my mouth and allow his tongue access kissing him back, allowing myself to be swept into the dark.

He’s a scary place for me, an unknown, but what I do know is kissing him is the only thing that feels right in my life at the moment. This is worth all the uncertainty because even though he’s in the dark, this is lighting up my life.

“Kace, I’m sorry, man, but we have to go,” Luca announces.

Kace’s lips softly leave mine. He rests his forehead against mine, and he clenches his eyes together tightly like he’s really annoyed. “Fuck!” Kace groans.

“No… not again. Kace, what the hell is going on?”

He opens his eyes and looks right at me, his piercing blue eyes staring completely into my soul. It makes my knees weak, and I stumble on the spot slightly.

He holds onto me and takes a deep breath as he exhales and shakes his head. “I’m sorry.”

Gritting my teeth, I huff and take a step back in annoyance. “You promised you’d tell me!”

He winces and rubs the back of his neck.

“Kace, we gotta go. I’m sorry, bro—”

“Luca, just give me a minute—”

“I have… we have to go. Now. Boss is calling us in.”

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