Knock knock.
The sound jolted me up from la la land and back to reality.
Gael connected his forehead to mine as we pulled away from the kiss, his ragged breath scalding the skin on my neck.
“Ignore him.” He whispered, claiming my lips once more just when the knock came again, twice, more urgent this time around. “Fuck.” He cursed under his breath and I giggled at his reaction, using my thumb to clean a corner of his lips where my lipstick had stained him.
“He should better have something important to tell me or I’ll kill him for real.” He looked pissed as he pulled away from me to go to the door while I fixed my dress and licked my lips as if I was trying to erase the traces of what had just happened between us.
The moment Gael opened the door, Nick barged in. “It’s bad El, it’s rea
