about the accident.
He pulls me into a hug. “Morgan, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you still—”
“It just gets to me sometimes.” I whisper it.
He keeps hold of me. And being wrapped in his big, warm arms relaxes me enough that I’m able to breathe normally again.
“Brad, you can go. I’ll call a cab when it stops.”
He pulls back a little, wiping the wet snowflakes off my face. “Morgan, I’m not leaving you here. Let’s go see if there’s a coffee shop around here where we can wait it out.”
“Okay.” I smile at him, happy that he’s being so nice about this.
He takes my hand and we walk down the cobblestone street, but there aren’t any coffee shops. Just some restaurants and shops that are now closed.
“I guess nothing’s open,” he says. “Are you okay if we just wait in the car? I won’t drive anywhere. We’ll just sit there.”
“Yeah, that’s fine.”
We’re at the end of the street so we turn around and begin walking back.
The snow is letting up a little and the flakes aren’t as big. We’re still a block away from the car when I stop and tug on Brad’s jacket. “Brad?”
He stops and turns to face me. “Yeah?”
“I’m really sorry about this.”
“Why? It’s good to walk after dinner. Helps the digestion.”
I smile. “That’s right. It does.” I back up a few steps so that I’m under one of the awnings jutting out from the building.
Brad steps forward until he’s under it as well. Our gazes meet and he takes another step so that he’s right in front of me.
“So did you have a good time tonight?” He puts his hand on the side of my face, his thumb wiping the wet snowflakes from my cheek.
“Yeah. Really good.” I keep my eyes on him as he leans in closer.
“I did, too.” I feel his warm breath over my lips and my heart starts beating faster. Then he kisses me. It’s a soft, gentle kiss and it’s only lips, no tongue, just like when Grant kissed me. And yet it doesn’t feel the same. When Grant kissed me, I liked it, but it didn’t really cause much of reaction in me.
But Brad’s lips, just barely kissing mine, are all it takes to make my insides all warm and tingly. To make my heart beat so fast I almost feel out of breath. I’ve never had a kiss like this. I didn’t know a simple kiss could make my whole body react.
He slowly pulls away and looks at me. I think I’m smiling but I’m not really sure. I’m too mesmerized by that kiss.
He reaches down and takes my hand. “You ready to go?”
“Do you think maybe you could do that again?” I can’t believe I asked him that. I try to come up with a reason for it. “It’s just that it’s cold out and the kiss kind of warmed me up.”
He smiles just a little and slips his hand under my hair and behind my neck. He tilts my head up as he slowly lowers his lips to mine. My heart is pounding in anticipation and when he finally kisses me, my insides heat up again. He’s still not using his tongue. Just his soft lips moving over mine, alternating the pressure and causing the tingly feeling again.
He backs away and I already miss his lips. He holds my hand and smiles. “Should we go?”
I’d rather stay here and kiss, but it’s getting too cold to stand outside so I agree to walk back. By the time we reach the car, the snow has stopped but the wind is fierce. Brad opens the car door for me, then goes to the driver’s side and starts the engine, turning the heat up to high.
“You stay warm. I need to scrape this ice.” He takes the ice scraper from the back seat and goes back outside, scraping the front and back windows. As I sit in the car, I think about what a great night I just had. I’m still not sure if it was a date, but if it was, it’s the best date I’ve ever been on. And it ended with the best kiss I’ve ever had.
When we get back to the hotel, Brad stops at my room. “Thanks for having dinner with me.”
“Thanks for inviting me.”
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