Page 27 of Legacy
He presses his forehead to mine. Our noses touch. We’re breathing the same breath.
The record crackles.
And I realize…I could dance like this forever.
His lips hover just above mine, so close I can feel the ghost of his breath brushing my mouth. His eyes are on me, searching, dark and full of quiet questions I don’t know how to answer. I swallow, the taste of wine still sweet and heavy on my tongue.
I wonder if he can taste it too when he kisses me.
Soft at first, lingering.
Like he’s not sure if he’ll get another chance.
The world folds in around us, blurs at the edges until there’s nothing left but Angelo. His mouth. His hands. The quiet hush of music and the unsteady rhythm of two hearts falling out of sync with time and into each other.
His grip tightens around me, arms locking me against his chest until we’re nothing but shared heat and breath. The thin knit of my sweater does nothing to stop the warmth of him radiating through me, curling into the corners I didn’t know were cold.
He pulls back just an inch, his eyes burning into mine. Then his thumb drags across my lower lip.
It’s such a small thing.
But it sends a shiver down my spine.
“Scarlet,” he whispers, voice rough.
Then he kisses me again before I can say a word.
This time it’s deeper.
Hungrier.
Like he’s been waiting and trying not to.
My fingers find his hair. His hands are everywhere—my waist, my back, mapping me out like he’s been dreaming of this and now he’s starving.
He lifts me like I weigh nothing, and instinctively, my legs wrap around his hips.
My breath stutters.
His mouth never leaves mine as he walks us across the loft, each step sending sparks through me until we reach the bedroom.
I feel the edge of the bed at my back as he sets me down gently like I’m something sacred and breakable, and he doesn’t know whether to worship me or wreck me.
My heart pounds in my chest.
My hands find his face.
And all I can think is—
Finally.
Chapter 7
Angelo
She has to stop touching my face the way she does.
It unravels everything I thought I was.
