Breathless: A Firelight Novella (HarperTeen Impulse) - Plot & Excerpts
My chest hurts just thinking about it, and that tells me just how wrong this is … Him. Me. Us. I shouldn’t care this much after so short a time. “I really am sorry about tonight. It went about as bad as it could go.” He glances in my direction, his gaze pausing on my legs, on my hands glued there. “It doesn’t matter,” I say again, sipping the air-conditioned air, hoping to cool the heat spreading out from my core. Beads of sweat break out on my forehead. And it really doesn’t matter anymore. I believe him when he says he and Hailey are over. I believe him. I like him. I’m crazy attracted to him. This gorgeous boy who looks at me with devouring eyes. How can I resist him? And yet I have to. He slides me a look. “It matters to me.” “What are we hoping for here?” I snap. “I’m leaving soon.” “So? Ever heard of phones? Emails? I’ll be out of here in a year. We could see each other again.” His words make my heart trip. “You can’t be seriously suggesting …”
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