Chapter Ten: Beauty

My entire body stiffened, my muscles tensing at the feeling of his presence, at the feeling of his breath literally cascading down my neck.

Fuck. His morning voice was...

No, stop it, Leia!

I took a deep breath and tried to get my shit together because this guy was not even a foot away from me. So close that his chest was practically brushing up against my back. And I was not going to let him see the effects that he had on my body, despite my conscious wanting to strangle him until the body stopped shaking.

Although I was almost fairly certain that he had the idea, based off of the goosebumps that prickled my skin, the hairs that stood on end all along my arms and across the back of my neck, and the way my body shivered from the hot breath he breathed across my neck.

And I didn't know if the burning heat in my face was visible, but I prayed to God that it wasn't. It felt like I was wearing three ski jackets and a pair of snow pants in a sauna set to 100° Fahrenheit.

I cleared my