He takes one hand off my hips and brings it up to tuck my hair behind my ear. “You have to be the most beautiful woman I have ever met in my whole life.” His voice is soft, and I swear I’m inching closer to him. All my words are stuck in my throat, and nothing seems to be coming out. “It’s a dangerous place.” “What is?” I ask when I’m finally able to speak some words. “Your eyes,” he says. “I can get lost in your eyes.”

