Sophia’s POV

His dark gaze grips me with an intensity that makes it hard to breathe. My head is spinning from this strange information.

How in the world?

He blinks slowly, stretching his hand to my skirt. He pinches the ends of it, drops his eyes, and swallows hard. “I wanna kiss you till I drown, but I can’t… Every time I try to– every time I want to get lost in kissing you, my head ends up getting lost instead…”

I release a shaky breath. My fingers twitch.

“I count seconds in ...