"You really are a hopeless romantic."
A growl escaped Charlotte, but just as she moved to kick and punch him, Landon only laughed and pushed her back against the door.
"No one would probably ever believe me if I told them that you watch Pretty Woman every night before going to bed."
"Shut up."
"Then again..." Landon's tone turned musing. "I've always liked the fact that I'm the only one who knows these things about you."
Charlotte stared up at Landon in frustration. She always had a hard time figuring out when Landon was saying something as a joke or his seemingly casual words were merely a prelude to something deeper. "Land—-"
Dark eyes gleamed down at hers, and Charlotte's confusion grew. So was he joking or not?
"You win."
Won what?
He cupped her face. "I love you, Charles."
Her breath caught.
"I know it's selfish for me to say it, but if not giving you the words is going to make you cry..."
Tears rushed down her face, and she could only cry harder when she felt Landon brush them away with his thumb.
"Say it again," she sobbed.
"I love you, Charlotte."
Her mouth parted in shock. Didn't he keep telling her that he'd only call her that if—-
Whoa!
Charlotte was too stunned to do anything when Landon suddenly swept her up in his arms, and—-
Whoa!
They were already in his bedroom by the time she realized what he was planning, and he already had her laid down on the bed while she was still trying to figure out how she felt about this. Weren't they moving too fast? But...hadn't she also always thought she had been waiting for him since forever?
And besides...
Although she was graduating the same time as Landon's, she was actually a year younger than him. If she was still a virgin by the time he turned eighteen, that might mean they'd have to wait at least a year before their relationship could be completely legal. Wouldn't it? So perhaps it was better—-
Landon suddenly cupped her face. "Stop thinking."
"I just—-"
His mouth covered hers, and Charlotte realized that even if he hadn't told her to stop thinking, she would have. Her brain had immediately ceased to function the moment their lips touched, and oh God, this first kiss was everything she dared...and didn't dare to fantasize about.
Landon's kisses were always something she dreamt about, and most of the time she had imagined his first kiss as something sweet and gentle. But instead, it was the opposite. From the moment he kissed her, everything was blatantly sexual, and while Charlotte would never admit the truth out loud, this was also exactly how she had secretly hoped their first kiss would be.
Rough and wild.
Hot and deep.
And oh yes, yes, yes—-
"Yes...I l-like it—-mmph!"
Landon was kissing her again, and so, so deeply that it was as if he was kissing her all the way to her soul, and just as her body started to writhe under him, she felt his hands once again start to move, and oh, oh, oh—-
Another moan spilled past her lips as Landon started fondling her breasts while his mouth continued to wreak havoc on her already-reeling senses.
Land, Land, Land.
Charlotte could only cry his name out silently as her mind started to splinter, and the pleasure started to build. She didn't want it to end, but she also couldn't help but wonder how it would feel when it did end, and oh God, oh God, the moment Landon's fingers found her nipples and pinched them hard—-