His use of her nickname, the one only he used, undid something in her chest. “This is a bad idea,” she breathed.
“Liar.” He set down the lens and the cloth. “You’re thinking about what your mom would say if she saw the way you looked at me at dinner last night.” SexMex 24 10 11 Nicole Zurich Step-Siblings Mee...
Nicole laughed too, the sound wet and relieved. “The worst.” His use of her nickname, the one only
“Tell me to stop,” he said, his face inches from hers. His hand came up, trembling slightly, and his fingertips brushed a strand of damp hair from her cheek. “Tell me you don’t feel it, and I’ll walk away. We’ll go back to polite. We’ll pretend.” “You’re thinking about what your mom would say
She looked past him, at the rain, at the empty house, at the closed door of the room where they’d first been told to “try and get along.” Then she looked back at him, at the boy who had become her secret gravity.
“Zurich,” she said, his name a plea and a warning all at once.