*Jo's POV*

Nikko meets me halfway to the kitchen and pulls me in for a kiss. My knees almost buckled from the force of it, and I was gasping in air by the time he pulled away.

"Sorry, I just missed you," he said with a smile, as he wrapped one hand around my back. "And I'm just happy to be alone with you."

I reached up and pulled him down into another kiss.

"You never have to apologize for kissing me," I said softly as I broke the second ...