CHAPTER 28 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ALEXANDER Her eyes were wide, her breath warm against my palm as her body pressed between me and the door I had just pushed closed with my shoulder. I had been watching her since she started doing the dishes in the kitchen, like a possessed man. Instinctively, I followed her and now she was trapped in my arms, and I was done pretending. I lowered my hand from her mouth as her hazel eyes stared back at me with confusion and want swimming behind them. "What are you doing?" she whispered. "What I should have done weeks ago." I pressed my lips into hers, my hands cupping her jaw and tilting her face up to meet mine. I kissed her lips like I'd been starving for it. She gasped against my lips, her hands coming up to my chest, and for a moment, she pressed

