He sighed against her lips then reached up to touch the line of her jaw. Bilal kissed her, and although he had never kissed anyone like this before, it wasn't foreign to him. He'd seen it done countless times. He closed his eyes and thought about what he'd seen in movies or while observing his friends and other humans. As he kissed her, he quickly forgot to think. He became awash with emotion brought on by the proximity of her body.

Carmella didn't try to think or reason. ...