The Forbidden Throb (Emma and Daniel) novel Chapter 120

Chapter 120

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I managed a work smile, Nervous about sitting three feet away from you for the next seven hours, more liker.

The attendard returned moments later with a beatle of Baileys and two Waterford crystal glasses, ice cubes clinking delicately Sir, med vore

I’m fine, thank you Daniels response was polite but final. He simply leaned back in his seat, watching me with an expression

I poured the first glass, the cream liqueur flowing thick and smooth The attendant departed with a knowing smul Nal m

Pulling out my Boas headphones, I scrolled through the entertainment system until i found wmething wothing

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The bottle was somehow half empty when I finally registered it

The movie reached its climax-the leads finally kissing on that windswept beach, Sufjan Stevens Mystery of Cosmoking

I clutched the empty bottle in one hand, the half-full glass in the other, my body sinking deeper into the plush weat

Everything felt… softer. Warmer. The edges of my anxiety pleasantly blurred.

I didn’t notice Daniel close his laptop. Didn’t register him setting it aside and turning toward me until his fingers gently lifted the headghiss

from my ears.

His fingertips brushed my earlobe-just barely, just for a second-but the touch sent electricity skittering down my spine

My eyes flew open.

The cabin lights had dimmed further, casting Daniel’s face in shadow and warmth. His gray-blue eyes looked darker somehow, more intense. fixed on me with an expression that made my stomach flip.

‘Don’t go… The words tumbled out before I could stop them, still caught in the ending of Before Midnight.

My hand shot out instinctively, fingers closing around his wrist. The warmth of his skin against my palm felt like an anchor pulling me back

I felt his pulse jump beneath my fingertips.

The glass and bottle slipped from my other hand, rolling across the cream carpet with dull thuds. I didn’t care.

“Emma.” My name, barely a whisper. “You’re drunk.”

“M not. But even I could hear the soft slur in my words. “Just… a little… warm…”

I tugged on his arm, and somehow-I still don’t know how-I ended up pressed against his side, my face buried in the volt cutton of no dese

He smelled like mint and citrus and something uniquely him, and I wanted to drown in it.

‘Jesus Christ. The curse was so quiet I almost missed it.

His whole body had gone rigid, every muscle tensed like he was preparing for surgery. Or trying very, very hard not to move

I felt him reach for the Hermes blanket, attempting to drape it over my legs, but I pushed it away with a frustrated surel

‘No blanket… too hot…

Everything’s too hot. The dress. The cabin Him.

I shifted closer, my arms winding around his neck before I could think better of it. His jaw was right there, smooth and perfect and close enough that my breath ghosted across it.

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His Adams apple bobbed violently.

Through the pleasant haze of alcohol, some distant part of my brain was screaming at me to stop. To pull back. To maintain some shred of

dignity

But I was so tired of being careful. So exhausted from wanting and waiting and wondering.

You’re hot… My fingers traced the line of his jaw, fascinated by the way his skin flushed beneath my touch.

When I reached his ear, I couldn’t resist-I caught his earlobe between my fingers, rubbing the soft flesh gently.

Like petting a cat, some drunk part of my brain supplied helpfully.

The sound Daniel made was somewhere between a groan and a strangled laugh.

His neck had gone crimson, the color spreading from behind his ear all the way down to where his collar disappeared.

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