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“You guys coming?” Kwan walks over and whispers to us in a low voice.
“Coming where?” Rae asks with narrowed eyes.
“We found a place not far from here that’s deserted. It’s a spot in the field that’s secluded. Figured we’d take some drinks and music and have a bit of fun. No cameras. No fucking weird director who feels like gets off to our blatantly apparent misery—just saying… It’s just us getting to be ourselves.”
I grab the Soju that Kwan’s holding and take a long sip.
“I’m in,” I say without hesitation. “Where do we go?”
A short while later, we’re off the beaten path, as they say. The group has broken up in pairs and everyone is making their way as quietly as possible—which is not so quiet, considering the amount of Soju we’ve consumed and the general rowdy feeling we all have going for us. I’m sure production can hear us and knows exactly where we’re going and what’s going on, but maybe they’ll just leave us alone this one time. Here’s to hoping.
I break away from everyone, their conversation becoming more of a distant chatter and fall back, wanting some privacy and just a moment of quiet with my own thoughts. Who am I kidding? I just want a moment to fantasize again about Ari—
I feel a tap on my shoulder and because it’s dark and we’re walking through a forest, I immediately freak out. Before I can scream out for help, thinking it might be one of the monsters from the haunted school who’s decided to follow me home and murder me when I’m least suspecting it, Ari puts her soft hand over my mouth and pulls me deep into the forest, the darkness covering us from the rest of the world.
I let her guide me through the foliage and there are no words between us, only the sounds of the night. The sky is dimly lit by the stars and a barely visible moon, but there is something in the air that feels raw and charged.
Kind of like us.
Or the state of us for years.
She stops when we reach the end of a knoll that leads out to a lake that looks like glass. The stars even shimmer against the reflection of the water, casting even a bigger spell around us.
This moment seems significant somehow.
She takes a step away from me, her lips still puffy and raw from my mouth, her hair in a wild disarray around her… she’s never looked more beautiful, more sexy… or more alive. Her eyes glisten when they meet mine, her head tilts back so that our gazes are melded together.
“Ari—” I begin in a soft voice, stepping forward because I can’t help myself.
I want to touch her again.
I need to touch her again.
She takes a step back from me and shakes her head.
“No words,” she whispers to me.
I watch her closely, wondering where this will lead.
“For once, let’s justfeelour way through this,” she says in a voice I’ve never heard her use—it’s raw and husky with emotion… and desire. “Just touching each other, really feeling each other… the way we always have with just our eyes… The way…
I wait for her to continue.
“We’ve always wanted to.”
If those are the last words I hear, I’ll die a happy man.
She reaches out and takes my hand when she sees the desire beaming out of my eyes. I can’t even hide it. Or disguise the way I feel.
I don’t care if she knows how much I want her.
How much she means to me.
Because I just need her now.
I need her to be mine.
Instead of letting her lead me to the water, I let go of my tightly wound control and pull her into my arms and unleash the force of my passion. My fucking need.
