And then his lips landed on hers. She whimpered, wrapped her arms around his neck, and welcomed his kiss in a way she hadn't before. A way that was free and uninhibited and packed full of the desire she'd been trying so hard to fight. A desire she could now fully give into.

Bradley's groan was low and throaty, and she could feel it rumbling from deep within his chest. Without breaking the kiss, he lifted her from her feet as if she weighed nothing, and she gasped with surprise, ...