tried to get closer with every step, crowding me. “You don’t need to worry at all. I’m certainly not delusional in thinking that you—” “Juniper.” “—want me like that. Trust me, I am more than aware that you don’t have any real interest in me. Not like that. I mean—” Julian stole the rest of my words with his lips, kissing me and knocking me back into his desk in a single swift movement that left me reeling.
