Chapter 45 So Much It Hurts (Part One)

• [BRIAN]
• My mind was racing as I felt her lips on mine. I knew I shouldn’t have kissed her back, but the feeling was too overwhelming to resist. Her lips were soft, and her touch was like a wildfire that ignited every inch of my body.
• I knew that this couldn’t work out between us. It was forbidden, and even if it wasn’t, there were so many obstacles in our way. Her father—my mentor, my son, the difference in our age, my guilt, and my broken heart. But at that moment, none of it seemed to matter. All I could think about was the taste of her on my lips and the warmth of her body against mine.