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.

her shock caused her to freeze on the spot. The Kevan now and…and the one she knew were quite different. Her heart began pounding so hard she felt like it might burst from her chest. All she could hear was her heartbeat drumming in her ears, and she quickly looked down to avoid looking at him through the

down to the bottom, and in the process, he carefully

her head. “No.” But the moment she moved

on,

in a

to retort. Now that the zipper was fully open, her back was almost completely exposed to Kevan. He still remembered how her skin felt–smooth like silk, and

behind her, Larissa

you finished?”

on his middle finger gently brushed across her spine, like a feather,

was finally closed, and Kevan let

a long exhale. “Thank you,” she

to curb his