Clara
The first second of the kiss steals my breath. Not because I don't remember it. But because I remember it all too well.
My heart begins to beat with an absurd force inside my chest, as if I had just started running. I feel Ethan's warmth so close, his body in front of mine, his firm hand on my waist bringing me a little closer.
His lips gently suck mine. And my mind... it just goes blank.
For a moment I try to remember all the reasons why I should step aside. All the reasons I repeated for two years to keep my distance, not to allow him to cross that invisible border between us again.
But my body isn't listening to those reasons, my body recognizes it.
It remembers it.
My hands rest on his chest almost instinctively. The fabric of his shirt is warm under my fingers and I end u
