Ryder:

Before I could tell, Bella had her lips on me. I had longed to do it, but I didn’t want her to feel I would only meet for this. I genuinely enjoyed her company, but I found it difficult to take my hands off her.

She broke the kiss, and our eyes met, searching each other’s for the answers to the feelings that burned in us.

I grabbed her face, taking her lips again. Sucking and nibbling gently on them for entrance to be granted, and she did at once, but it wasn’t ...