“For the record, I think that was probably up there with the best kisses of my life.”

He could feel Makena smiling.

“Okay, I lied. That was the best kiss of my life. And it gets me in trouble because I don’t want to stop there. I want more. And when I say more, I don’t just mean physical.” He could almost hear the wheels spinning in her brain and could sense she was about to do some major backpedaling.

“I hear what you’re saying, Colton. I feel whatever this is happening between us, too. I don’t exactly have anything to give right now.”

“You don’t have to explain any of that to me. I feel the same.”