If he kissed her once, just once, he'd walk away and never think about it again.

Still, that didn’t stop the flare of heat from returning to Melody's chest. “You called my boss a b word.”Declan zeroed his gaze on hers. “No, I said she was being one, and she was. To you. And I didn’t like it.

What’s important,” I say, taking his face in mine hands, looking him in the eye, “is that all this hesitation of yours is giving me a complex. And I feel annoying, insecure thoughts threatening to infiltrate the certainty of you liking me.

Maybe I should know the rules,” he says softly. “Pfft. I’m not a game.” I reach out to poke his shoulder, and unexpectedly he catches my finger. “Sometimes, I’m not so sure.