“Uh, no kissing.” “It’s a bit late for that, don’t you think?” he said with a hint of a smile. “You already well and truly broke that rule.” “I wasn’t thinking clearly when that happened,” I shot back. And if we repeated that mistake, I wasn’t sure I would ever think clearly again. Reed’s lips were far too skilled, and I’d enjoyed it far too much. Kissing was what had gotten me into this in the first place; it would only make things messier, and it was exactly why we needed to put these rules in place. “No kissing,” I
