Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 48

Kevan swallowed again, his dark eyes teeming with intense emotion.

“Can you see the hair that’s stuck?” Larissa’s question broke him out of his thoughts. Blinking, Kevan shoved his fanciful thoughts out of his mind and turned his gaze slowly to the zipper. The dark strands that were caught in the zipper were rather

obvious.

“It might hurt. Try to bear with it, alright?”

Kevan’s throat was dry, and his voice was hoarser than usual. He pinched the top of the zipper together to make sure that the teeth were aligned while his other hand slowly pulled the zip down. His movements were very gentle, and he was so focused on the task that it was as if he were handling a precious thing.

one she knew were quite different. Her heart began pounding so hard

the zipper back down to the bottom, and in the process, he carefully tugged her hair

asked, and Larissa shook her

was pulled on, and

in

fully open, her back was almost completely exposed to Kevan. He still remembered how her skin felt–smooth like silk, and delightfully addictive.

her, Larissa

you finished?”

and began zipping upwards. In the process, a knuckle on his middle finger gently brushed across her spine, like a

was finally closed, and Kevan let go

let out a long

his hands back into his pockets to curb his urge to