Chapter 582: Shoulders (2)

As she caressed his hair, unknowingly, Autumn's hands started an exploration of their own. So that she moved from moving his hair to gently caressing his back. 

Gabe froze when he felt her caress her back and tried to compose his own feelings. However, this closeness was not helping him. He moved back and looked up at her face, determined to put some distance between them. However, the moment he looked up at that face...his thoughts of moving away from her disappeared.

He cupped her face, his eyes focused on her thin lips... as he rubbed their slight pinkness, feeling the softness... "Autumn... I want to kiss you..." It was a declaration as well as a question for permission. A warning. That he wanted her and he would kiss her if she did not save herself.

Autumn felt the warning. Knew what he was telling her... And yet, instead of paying heed, she turned her head and kissed his thumb, rubbing her lips against the slight roughness there.