37. Do we have to?

Aria

I could hardly look at his face. My cheeks flushed, and my eyes half-lidded with pleasure. "I can't believe we did this," I said, my voice still shaky from the intense release. "Why didn't you stop this?"

"Me?" Nathan chuckled. "Why would I stop it? Why didn't YOU stop it?

"I don't know, but this shouldn't have happened because we are not mates, and I was saving myself for my mate. And you, you aren't over your mate's death yet," I wanted to ramble on, but Nathan captured my mouth in a kiss.

"I don't regret this," he murmured between kisses, nibbling my bottom lip. "Not for a second." The statement left his mouth barely audible but full of conviction, his hands trailing down my back, leaving goosebumps all over my body.

My heart skipped a beat at his words. I leaned into him, kissing him softly before pulling away, my eyes searching his. "Neither do I," I breathed, my fingers playing with the hair at the nape of his neck. I could feel the exhaustion starting to catch up to me, bu