Page 59 of What Happens in Paradise

Now I didn’t know what was worse. Death from falling off a cliff or dying from the embarrassment of kissing a guy you thought was into you, but realising mid-snog that he wasn’t.

This wasn’t how it was supposed to be!

All the times I’d fantasised about locking lips with Alejandro, it’d been wild and passionate. But this was quite literally mortifying.

‘Sorry.’ I pulled away. ‘I thought you said you liked me, but I understand it must be confusing because I told you last night it was inappropriate and now here I am kissing you. It’s just that… I want to live! I don’t want to die with regrets!’

Alejandro dragged his hand over his face.

‘Fuck,’ he muttered, before swearing to himself repeatedly in Spanish.

I was just about to tell him it was no big deal when he grabbed the back of my head, then pressed his lips onto mine with full force.

Good Lord.

The next thing I knew, my lips had parted and Alejandro’s tongue was flicking hungrily against mine.

A feral groan flew from my mouth.

Thiswasexactlyhow I’d imagined what kissing Alejandro would be.

Our mouths moved desperately against each other’s. As the kiss became more wild and frantic, I ran my hands through his hair, then down his broad, muscular back.

What felt like a million volts of electricity surged through me. My body temperature rocketed and my blood turned to molten lava.

If kissing was an Olympic sport, this man would be taking home the gold medal.

Alejandro’s hands roamed down my back, then moved across to skim the side of my breasts and as his fingers began to flick my nipple, which was now harder than stone, another feral moan of pleasure escaped my lips.

This kiss was… explosive, passionate andhot.

This kiss waseverything.

I’d definitely made the right decision. This was the perfect way to go.

Alejandro’s hand dropped to my legs then slid up my dress.

‘Fuck, yes.’ I moaned into his mouth as he continued devouring me with his lips.

Ordinarily, I’d be bothered about the fact that we weren’t alone in the car. But this felt so good, I didn’t care.

If we kept on going like this, it wouldn’t be long until we were fucking on this backseat. The jerking movements wouldn’t be good considering we were teetering on the cliff’s edge. But our fate was already sealed, so if we were going to go out, we might as well go out on a high.

Everything I’d worried so much about just hours ago, like being professional, presenting the right image and getting my promotion didn’t matter any more.

It was funny how you got a new perspective and realised what was really important when your life flashed in front of you.

Just as Alejandro’s fingers slid underneath my knickers, Bob cried out.

‘Ya mon!’

Alejandro and I both pulled away quickly and when I looked ahead, we were driving down a clear road.

The rain had stopped and the minibus was nowhere in sight.

‘Where did the bus go?’ Alejandro called out, clearly as shocked as I was.

‘Mi did tell ’im tuh dressback!’

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