Page 22 of Guarding the Singer

She asked the question, feeling like a complete idiot.

"You would give me your phone number?" He sounded genuinely shocked.

"Well, I trusted you with my life all day. Why not with my phone number?"

Even as she joked about it, she understood the shock on his face.

She was constantly being asked for her phone number. And other personal details.

This time, she was asking.

He reached into his pocket and took his phone out. Tapping the code onto the screen, he held it out to her. "Would you add it in for me? I'll message you from my phone later."

Taking it from his hands. She added her number into his contacts and gave it back.

"If you ever want to talk..."

"Oh, I will." He tipped his cover back and shook his head. "I still can't believe..."

She nodded, feeling her heart beating stronger than it ever had before.

"Can I..."

She tipped her head back and smiled, hoping.

"Can I kiss you?"

Selene wanted to melt into the ground at that very minute, but it was also the last thing she wanted to do.

She didn't want to miss this moment, for anything.

She licked at her lips and hoped that she didn't make an utter fool of herself.

"Selene?"

She blinked at him and realized what she had missed.

Answering his question.

Drawing back a little she smiled, almost laughing at herself.

She blushed, feeling her cheeks heat with sheer embarrassment. "Yes. The answer is yes."

William leaned in, both of his hands gently cupping her face. She felt the warmth from his gloved hands and the heat of his breath against her skin.

She wanted to melt against him and lean into him, but she managed to hold herself still if only to remember everything about this moment.

The second his lips touched hers, he was lost.

He knew that she had the world in front of her.

She had a crazy, amazing life and it was only going to get better.

But it wasn't something he could be a part of.

He would be thousands of miles away in a completely opposite time zone, but this?

This moment with his lips against hers.

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