She giggles into my hand, gray eyes crinkling with humor at the effect of her taunt. “Got it out of your system?” She nods, but I hold on a moment longer, desperate for the feeling of her pressed to me. I want to grab her, caress and touch every inch of her. I shouldn’t—Sadie’s my friend, if even that. But I’m in her orbit now, and she’s becoming my goddamn center of gravity. Whether she realizes it or not.
