Chapter 39: Lover

When the kiss finally ended, Briana Lyson's saliva had slicked half of Nixon Walker's face, yet it did nothing to diminish his good looks. Briana reached out with a slightly trembling hand, as if in a trance, and cupped his face. Love burned so openly in her eyes that even Nixon could feel its heat. In the long, dull stretch of her life until then, Briana had never imagined she could feel something so fierce. Nixon had burst into her days like a shaft of sunlight. Without a word, Briana began...