“You were the one who stopped us back then,” she pointed out. Her heart pounded in her chest as she stepped even closer to Charlotte. She kept the hold she had, firm but not gripping, on Charlotte’s wrist, keeping her there. But Charlotte wasn’t pulling back. Instead, she leaned against the counter and nodded. “I know.” “You were the one who wanted to be only friends back then,” she reiterated. “I know,” Charlotte confirmed, her voice soft, and this time, Sutton’s eyes followed the column of Charlotte’s throat as she swallowed hard. Sutton didn’t even think as she stepped up even closer,
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