Chapter 22

Their parted lips met again. The sweetish breath filled the space between their mouths in an instant.

Iheon slid his hand through the hair scattered across the sheets and gripped her slender nape. The lingering laughter he had not wiped away tickled the tip of his tongue.

Like a bee searching for honey, he moved his tongue in pursuit of sweetness and pulled off the sneakers he had not managed to remove earlier.

One sneaker dropped beneath the bed. The other, peeled off after it, rolled once across the floor and stopped against the nightstand drawer.

In the meantime, Jei’s hands climbed, groping up the back of Iheon’s neck. Her fingers pushed through his short hair, and her rounded nails lightly scraped his scalp. Even that small stimulation pulled the back of his neck and spine taut.

Without taking his lips away, Iheon brought one knee onto the bed. His…