Page 101 of You Kissed Me First

After several minutes, she pushes up, wincing when she sees my chest.

“I made you bleed.”

I look down, seeing the indentations from her nails in my chest. I smile up at her.

“I love your marks on me. I’ll wear them with pride.”

I pull her down to kiss her until she’s breathless. When I finally let her up for air, she shakes her head.

“You’re something else.”

I respond with the first thing that comes to my mind.

“You love it.”

17

DAY EIGHT: SEA DAY

Katie is adorable.All day she’s been fretting, telling me to stay on the bed and not walk around. Honestly while my foot is a little tender and throbs some, it’s not bad. Still outside of going to the bathroom, I do as she says.

“Do you want to find a movie to watch while I order room service?” Katie asks, pulling me out of my head.

“Sure.”

“Do you still want a burger?”

I shake my head with a small smile on my face. She remembered that I said earlier I should have gotten a burger for lunch.

“That sounds great, no onions please.”

Katie shoots me a smile as she picks up the phone. As she talks to a person on the other end, I search through the channels on the TV until I come acrossPractical Magic. Without thinking about it, I click on the movie and see it’s just starting. Sinking further into the bed, I get lost in the movie until I feel the bed move.

“Practical Magic?” Katie asks in disbelief, eyes on the screen.

“It’s a classic.”

“I watch it every year at Halloween.” She nods. “I just wasn’t expecting you to turn it on is all.”

“Do you want to find something else to watch?” I ask, holding up the remote.

“Nope. This works for me,” she says, eyes glued to the screen.

I set the remote down on the nightstand before reaching over and pulling Katie into my side.

“If you wanted to cuddle, all you had to do was say so.”

“I just did. How long until the food will be here?” I ask as I run my hand up and down her back.

Katie curls closer to me, her face and hand on my chest. “They said about thirty minutes.”

“That’s not too bad.”

We fall silent as we watch the movie, lightly caressing each other. Katie, moving her head, has me looking down.

“What’s up?” I ask as I run my thumb along her lower lip, releasing it from where she was biting it.

“Will you kiss me?” she asks softly.

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