“I missed this,” I say finally. “I missed you.” He kisses me again, and it’s like sinking into warm water. “Me, too,” he says. And then, after another breath, his heart against my ear: “Maybe you should go, though.” I turn to look at him, a little part of me breaking, but then I understand. He needs a chance to end it with Zoe. And I need to get out of here before Ben gets home.

