Page 28 of Shameless With Him

Chapter 6

Caleb

My lips wereon Zoey’s, and I didn’t give a damn if this moment in time was a mistake. In this exact instant, I didn’t care if the rest of the world surrounded us, or that I should have been focused on work, or what the test results would say if they ever came back.

I didn’t care. Because Zoey’s hands were on my back, her fingernails digging into my skin through my shirt, and she was kissing me with the same urgency that ran through my veins.

I hadn’t let myself think about this, even though I’d wanted to for far too long. Hadn’t thought I should ever think about this at all. But in this moment, she was mine. Her touch, her taste…all mine. It was an intoxicating blend that sent shivers down my spine even as I deepened the kiss, my thumbs on her cheeks allowing me to angle her head back. I needed more. Craved more.

She tasted of our desserts and Zoey. I hadn’t known a person could have a taste.

How had I not realized that she could? That she’d have her own particular taste that would go straight to my cock, make my dick press harder into the zipper of my slacks. How had I not known that she would do this to me? That I would want more of this.

But as I moaned, and she sighed, I knew that part of me had always known.

Every time I had seen her when we were kids, or even as teens and adults, there had been a small part of me that always noticed her.

I loved being near her. Adored the way she laughed and smiled and blushed. She just radiated happiness, even when she wasn’t all that happy. I knew that she had gone through hell when she was younger but came out of it stronger. She’d always had a smile for me. No matter what had been happening with the rest of the world, she had smiled for me.

She did so tonight, as well, and now, my lips were on hers, and I didn’t want to stop.

Even though we really needed to.

I pulled away slightly, my breath coming in pants right along with hers as I rested my forehead against hers.

“We should have done that years ago,” I rushed out, not realizing that I was actually saying the words until they were already out of my mouth.

“What? What was that?” Her words were breathy, and I swallowed hard, trying to figure out what to say. I’d had a headache before, but this was nothing like that. It was a whirl of words and thoughts that made no sense to me.

How had we ended up here?

Why?

“That was something we should’ve done before,” I repeated.

“You kissed me.”

“You kissed me back.”

She pulled away from me, moved into the house, and started pacing in her foyer. “You’ve never kissed me before.”

I slipped my hands into my pockets. “Did you not want me to kiss you?”

“I…I…” Her voice trailed off, and she blushed right to the tips of her ears. She shook her head, and if it weren’t for the fact that she looked at a loss for words, I would have felt that unsaid “no” right down to my core. I think maybe she didn’t know what to say. After all, I wasn’t sure what to say either.

I hadn’t planned on kissing Zoey tonight.

But damned if I would regret it now that it was done.

“I still don’t know what that was,” she whispered.

“I’ll be honest and say I really didn’t know either.”

She looked at me then and laughed. Full-on laughed.

“What? What part of that was funny?”

“I’m sure you know all about kissing, Caleb Carr.”

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