#Chapter 217: I Want To Keep You

Cara’s POV Kissing Alaric was as easy as breathing, especially when, after a moment, he gently opened his mouth and accepted my waiting tongue. His hands clenched at my waist, tugging me closer as he licked along the side of my tongue with his own before chasing mine back into my mouth and deepening the kiss further. We fell into our passion together, clinging to each other as the sparks seemed to ignite between us. Physical attraction had never been an issue with us, and that was evident now, as we kissed, our fingers digging into each other. Yet, before I could grow too comfortable and fully lose myself to his mouth and the feel of his hard body against mine, he broke the kiss and took a step back. With his hands remaining firm on my hips, he kept me from following him. Hurt flashed inside of me. I couldn’t understand why he had stopped. “I don’t want to hurt you anymore,” he said, as if he had no idea that by stopping like this, by always keeping me at arm distance, h