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And his eyes are boring into mine and kissing him is literally all that I can think about.

I could just kiss him. One kiss won’t hurt anything, right?

I don’t say anything.

I stop thinking.

I launch myself forward and give myself over to him.

Chapter Five

Blaze

I didn’t expect this.

Days into knowing Melissa, I knew it for sure. I’m not just attracted to her. I like her. A lot.

I love how focused she is on her work and how dedicated she is to making this production the best production. I love the way that she takes in all of her surroundings, always on alert. She sees every detail. She plans for any disruption.

She loves theater as much as I love football and that passion is infectious.

I bought my ticket for opening night on the second day of working with Melissa.

And now, here we are.

She’s in my arms.

Her lips are on mine.

And I am gone.

I know how bad of a move this is. I know that I shouldn’t touch her. I know that I should have left when she told me that I could. I know I absolutely never should have been alone with her.

This can’t go anywhere… not if I want to stay playing football.

What would Coach say?

What would the team say?

I wish I had a minute to ask Zephyr’s advice. He would know what to say.

But it doesn’t matter now.

I’m making out with Melissa Barnes, my Coach’s daughter. And I can’t go back. I only want to keep going.

I lower Melissa onto the stage, kissing her all the while. She tastes like the tea and honey that she keeps in her thermos and I want more.

I kiss her neck, grazing my hand down her waist and gripping her hip. I grind into her, feeling the urge to rip both of our clothes off and take her right here, right now.

This is crazy.

I can’t do this.

I pull away from her. “Should we stop?”

She looks at me wide-eyed. “Do you want to stop?”

“No. I mean we should… but I don’t want to. What do you want to do?”

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