Touch Me While I Taste You

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Arabella Rivera

My teeth were still slamming on each other in a war and my body was a mass of chills running through it incessantly. In better words, I was fucking freezing. Yet, peering into Haiden’s eyes warmed me enough to ease my worries.

With him, I wasn’t afraid that I could potentially get hypothermia.

“You‘ll be okay.” He says lowly, rubbing my hands a little more hastily.

The brown in his eyes shaded with worry and I realized he wasn’t necessarily trying to ease my worries but his own. The tightening of his hands around my own said it all. Haiden Cross was a hundred percent worried about my well being than his own being.

My heart skipped a beat then two after that realization hit me through all my freezing layers.

I watched him closely, staring at the water droplets from his hair gliding down his forehead, down to the corner of

a gums Own his forehead, down to the corner of his nose then finally on his lips. Suddenly a new spark lit inside my core and all I could think about was how soft his lips felt against my own.

I wanted to feel it again.

Just then his brown eyes snap up to stare at me. I held my breath even though I knew I needed every bit of oxygen at the moment.” You should probably remove the hoodie since it’s soaked.”

I didn’t catch his words properly, but that had something to do with staring at his lips for longer than required. “Bella.”

A flick to my forehead had the fog disappearing out of my vision. “Ow.” I lift a hand to rub my forehead where he inflicted pain unto and looked at him, this time avoiding his lips. Which was shockingly proving to be quite difficult

“You’re not going to die.” Haiden rolls his eyes, fingers touching the end of the wet hoodie. His actions had me completely stilling. Being as the hoodie reached above my knees and was now stuck to me because of how wet it was, made Haiden’s finger brush my skin.

made Harden’s imger brush my skin.

I know I shouldn’t have worn shorts today. But in my defense today really did start off hot and I heard nothing of an approaching storm. Haiden’s fingers stay motionless for a couple of seconds before he spoke.

The hoodie. Take it off.” His demand was raspy and did something to me that I would rather keep to myself. His fingers skimmed my thigh as he tugs at the hoodie. I think he did it on purpose, there was no way he didn’t know how he affected me right now.

I caught his eyes wavering over the uncovered flesh. He clears his throat and looks away when I removed the

back there.

but my jeans and shirt still managed to get wet. Haiden twists his body enough to

M

lived here or at least, slept there occasionally. “Do

much that it looked like it was melted into his skin. He was drenched too, even more than I was. Yet, he was choosing to give

I just

Haiden answered, not too chirpy I might add.” Sometimes.” He grunts, digging more until he finally gets hold of

finally gets hold of

The only indication that it had, was the unmistakable scent of Haiden. He throws it on my

from it all. “His eyes burn through mine as he murmurs

so

through the small cracks of his emotions only to be pushed out by i t filling back up quicker than I thought. Haiden nudges his head to the

cold anymore but something told me it wasn’t only that, which made me warm. It was

my hands and that’s when I realized I was still holding the drenched hoodie. I lift it a little.

like I lost my voice and it was all because of, him. Sitting here with him inside the confines of the truck

feet.” He mutters.

and peeked at Haiden from the corner of my eye. His eyes were glued outside, lips pressing together

clothes were like a second skin. I try to stop the skipping of my heart and the sudden heat I felt crawling up my neck when my eyes zeroed in on his well

him. “You need it more than me.” The rain was finally letting up so even

me. “Huh?” Confusion tangles itself in

light blue hoodie

You’re drenched

narrow and he pushes my hand away lightly.

that I wasn’t back

the hoodie out of my hands not remove his clinging soaked shirt. I gasp,

quirk and he lets out a

Gwen

a chest even though it’s

“I have. You…..just caught