~HAZEL~

The sexual tension was noticeable in the air after the passionate kiss between Ashton and me, lingering like an electric charge.

The kiss still clung to my mouth like honey and smoke. I was surprised I could taste him long after he had torn himself away, chest heaving, eyes wild with the same panic I felt crawling under my skin.

He had kissed me as if the world were ending, then shoved me back like I was poison the second he realized we'd gotten the food needed for our ...