Page 86 of Stuck with my Boss Daddies

I bit my lip. “Yeah.”

Emotions flickered across his face… understanding, maybe, but also something else.

A tightness I wished I could change.

“I don’t know if I can do this withyou, Sadie.” His voice was quiet, but there was weight behind it. “I don’t know if I can shareyou.”

A pang of uncertainty pressed against my ribs. “So what does that mean?”

Kai looked at me for a long moment, his dark eyes searching mine like he was trying to figure it out, too.

Then he let out a slow breath, rubbing the back of his neck.

“I don’t know,” he admitted. “But I know I don’t want to stop either, so I really am stuck with my feelings.”

My breath caught.

There was something sohonestabout the way he said it, like he wasn’t trying to fix anything or offer some perfect solution. Just telling the truth.

And wasn’t that exactly how I felt?

Torn, confused, wanting so many things at once, but not wanting to let any of them go?

I wet my lips. “Me neither.”

Kai’s expression softened just slightly, the tension in his shoulders easing.

Then, before I could second-guess myself, I reached for his hand, and his

fingers curled around mine instantly. His gray eyes flicked to my lips, just for a second, before he leaned in.

I had a split second to take a breath, to feel the anticipation coil tight in my stomach—and then his lips met mine.

The world around us blurred.

Kai kissed the way he did everything else. With quiet intensity.

No hesitation, no second-guessing.

Just firm pressure, his lips moving against mine like he already knew exactly what I needed.

Andgod, I needed this.

The confusion, the uncertainty, the questions still lingering between us… they didn’t disappear.

But for this moment, they didn’t matter.

His hand came up, fingers brushing along my jaw, tilting my face just enough to deepen the kiss.

I melted into him, heat sparking under my skin, my pulse kicking up faster than I could control.

A clatter of dishes in the back snapped me back to reality.

I jerked back slightly, breathless, eyes wide.

Kai exhaled through his nose, his forehead resting against mine for a beat before he pulled away completely, his expression unreadable.

The café was still busy.

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