Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Repeat Business

VOLUME TWO: REPEAT BUSINESS

KATY

His lips grazed the underside of my jaw. It took everything in me not to hum my approval. No. I’d been strong for so long. Now wasn’t the time to give in. I took a deep breath, allowing his musky aftershave to create one more blissful moment in my memory, and then pushed him away.

"No, I can’t get caught kissing you in a closet at a high school reunion." Regardless of what Pearl thought of my generation, I had standards.

"Katy," Pierce said my name with a sigh, something he’d been doing more frequently. "You’ve been avoiding me." His eyebrow did that twitchy thing.

The small janitor’s closet we huddled together inside was dark, but the smell of bleach permeated the air and tickled my nose. "Yes, I have been avoiding you. You should avoid me. What will my date say if he sees us together?"