Returning to the party had been far from what I wanted to do. Kissing Theo had been so good. Better than I could ever have imagined, and that scared me a little. I had not kissed anyone in such a long time. I don’t think anyone had wanted to kiss me… Max certainly didn’t want to anymore. And the times that he forced his lips onto mine there was no love or passion there. It usually felt like he was trying to manipulate me to do as he wanted, or it was all a carnal need. A need that made me sick. That made me push him away. He was not the same man to me now, and I doubted he ever would be. I had wanted to continue our kisses. Mine and Theo's. And that had taken me by surprise even more. The second my lips had touched his I was desperate for more. Having his hands snake around my hips and p