Page 34 of Come Back to Me

Shit, shit, shit.

“I’ll see you tonight.” He gets off my bed, tilting my head up with his thumb to kiss me. “Wait, how am I going to sneak out of here?”

I suck my lips in, pointing to the window with my index finger.

“You’ve got to be kidding me.”

“Unfortunately, I’m not.” Walking over to the window next to my bed, I slide it up. “Your chariot awaits you.”

“Vi, seriously, we’re two stories up. I could hurt myself. This is why I didn’t climb the window to come inside.”

“It’ll be fine,” I say calmly.

“How do you know that?”

Cupping his face with my hands, I kiss the top of his nose. “You can scale buildings and shoot webs out of your hands. You’remysuperhero.”

He bites his lip and plants an unbelievable kiss on my lips, leaving me breathless when he pulls away.

Every time he kisses me, I feel like I’m living inside one of my romance books. None of this feels real, even though we’ve been secretly dating for a year now.

I’m amazed that Blake hasn’t found out about us. It’s only a matter of time before he does.

The thing is, I’ve never been so happy, and it’s all because of Grayson. I’m the luckiest girl in the entire world.

“Why the hell are you looking at me like that?” He licks his lips, smiling.

“I’m grateful the universe brought you into my life, Grayson. I love you.”

“I love you more, Violet.”

I turn around, seeing the doorknob shake. There’s a knock at the door, and I can only assume that it’s Blake.

“Violet, why the hell is your door locked?” Blake asks. “What are you hiding in there?”

Yeah, big surprise. I knew it was him.

I guide him closer to the window, leaping and sitting inside of it. “Grayson, seriously, you need to go!”

“I’m not leaving without a kiss.”

“Are you serious? We kissed a couple of minutes ago.”

“I don’t care. Come over here and kiss me goodbye.”

Rolling my eyes, I walk closer to him and grab his hand. I lean my head into his, allowing our lips to gently brush against one another. This changes quickly when he kisses me hard and deep. It feels like he’s swallowing me whole.

When his lips release mine, it takes me a minute to catch my breath. “Grayson Becker, I cannot believe you just did that.”

“And I’ll do it again. Come here.”

“No, seriously, you need to go, so my brother doesn’t find out about us.”

“Fine. I’ll see you tonight.”

“See you tonight,” I say as I give him a small push out the window.

There’s a decently long vine that goes all the way down to the ground. Grayson tugs on it to make sure it’s secure.