I only realize we’ve won when her hands shoot up in the air and she turns around, breaking my hold. I take a step back and snap out of it, just in time for her to leap into my arms and wrap her legs around me. Her forest-green eyes lock with mine, and I freeze. What I wouldn’t give to push her up against a wall right now. Heat flashes in her gaze, and I know it matches mine. She rubs her nose against mine, taking me back to the night by the lake, then smiles before screaming “woo hoo” at the top of her lungs and raising her fist in the air. If only she was always this uninhibited around me.
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