Touch Me While I Taste You

Chapter 19

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Imove my eyes wy from him, knowing I had been staring for too long i bit into my plump bottom lip to suppress a smile. “Your promises don’t count Cross.

From my peripheral vision, I whis head whip to face me for a second only to draw back to the road. “My promises are my word Bella. Carved into store that cannot be lifted and broken.”

I grip my bag, hoping he hadn’t noticed m. y nervous habit when he turns to face me again, this time lingering his eyes a little longer than last. “When I promise something, I mean it with every fiber of m y being.”

There was something hidden in his tone. Something deep that he had buried. And a SI took a quick peek at him from the corner of my eye. I observed how lost he looked. He seemed to be in his head, gaze going cloudy.

“Nice mutfie.” His voice brought #backt

thoughts of me jumping out of the maving truck just to get away from the cuibarrassment

I was very thankful that he didn’t mock mm e like normal guys at his age would. But However, Halden was far from normal

I looked down at my ripped jeans and black t-shirt with the word fearless printed on it in bold cursive letters. I lit my head to give him a side-eye, rolling in y eyes as I spoke. “Well, I didn’t have ani. asshole dirtying me today so._…” I drawled, smiling slightly when he chuckles.

“I apologized for that didn’t 1?’ He faked a confused look, brows drawing together as one of his hands come to rub his chini n thought

sorry that I did

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nothing much to see Anyway’ an

having a conversation with Haiden selt normal. Like we were long lose friends, catching up on some good

him, case my usual tense

quick glance where I instantly saw the flash of amusement in his eyes before he brought it back to the road. “First of all. Those weren’t my exact words. Second, I swear I hadn’t Sten

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that I didn’t have a good view wasn’t an insult

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so I just presumed that it’s the only view you latch your cyes ento.” He shruused, biting

full of it.” I hulfed tuming away with a tiny hint of a smile on my lace Maybe people judged him too soon. Maybe Haider Cross wasn’t as

eye, I saw how relaxed h e seemed to be. So different from how he painted himself to be. Seeing how calm h e

quick second Thought he hadn’t home but

the man’t the right time to

of t he cold mistaken as steel. The Crown on his face sketched his features so differently

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