My breath hitched the moment he leaned down. The world seemed to shrink until there was only him. I could smell him—a thick, intoxicating scent of expensive sandalwood and fresh rainy drops that smelled so hauntingly good it made my head spin. I watched, paralyzed, as his tongue flicked over his lips while looking at mine. It was a gesture so carnal, so dark, and so undeniably hot that it sent a bolt of lightning through my veins.