Jessa

I stood frozen in the middle of the empty classroom, staring at the door like maybe it could explain what had just happened.

My lips still tingled. My heartbeat was a wild, uneven drum in my chest.

Noah Carter had just kissed me.

Not some teasing, joking, maybe-it-meant-nothing kind of kiss.

No.

This was real.

Intense. Hungry. Like he’d been holding back forever and couldn’t stop himself any longer.

And then… he just left.

Like my whole world hadn’t just ...