C54 Non verbal pleas

‘Well?’ he whispered huskily as he took her in his arms. ‘You haven’t answered me yet.’

‘I don’t know,’ she whispered. She couldn’t stop looking at him, even though she knew he would read in her eyes how much she loved him. He was going to kiss her…

‘Tomas—’ she began, but she knew she wanted her denial to be too late and ignored.

He was still holding her