Emma POV

The music stopped.

Not slowly. It just... died.

For a second, I didn’t even know what I had done. My hand still gripped Ethan’s suit. My lips still touched his. The whole room hung in that breath between noise and shock.

Every head had turned. I could feel their stares like heat against my skin.

Then someone gasped.

The lights above felt too bright. I could hear my own heartbeat thudding in my ears. Ethan didn’t move. He didn’t pull away. He ...