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feel this way with anyone else. His eyes were as dark as night, and if the desire in my light green eyes didn’t rival his own, then my reaction to his touch let him know how much I wanted him.
    His eyes seemed to tell me something else, too, more than the desire he felt for me. I saw within them just how much he loved me and how much he’d missed me.
    “Something amusing you?” he asked, flashing me a curious look as I bit my bottom lip, trying not to grin.
    “It’s just—” I began. “It’s nothing.”
    “Evie,” he sighed, his eyes still focused on mine. “If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being with you it’s that every time you say ‘It’s nothing,’ it’s time for me to start worrying.”
    I chuckled. “Well, you don’t have to worry about this ‘It’s nothing.’”
    Quinn looked unconvinced.
    “Fine,” I huffed. “It’s just—I don’t know. It seems like there’s something a little differentabout you.”
    “‘Different’?”
    “Yeah.” I grinned. “Not bad different, just … different .” With our eyes still locked, I stood on my tiptoes and kissed him softly, allowing my lips to linger lightly on his for a moment before pulling back, but Quinn wasn’t about to let me go.
    “Hopefully, not that different.” He drew me back into him and kissed me passionately. My lips blazed as they made contact with his, and I threw my arms around his neck and returned his kiss with equal intensity.
    “Not really that different at all,” I whispered against his lips. My hands ran down the length of his back to his waist, and as I pulled his hips into me, I kissed him again. His muscles reacted to my every caress, my every move, and I couldn’t help but groan softly as I remembered all the times I’d evoked this reaction from his body. I was driving myself insane with need, and I knew I was going to lose control soon.
    “Quinn,” I begged in between kisses as I ran my fingers across the small of his back and slipped them beneath the waistband of his shorts. Knowing what I wanted, what he wanted, he kissed me more urgently and ran his hands down my sides to the waistband of my jeans.
    “Hold up,” he murmured, pulling away from my kiss. He gently grabbed my hands and took a step back from me. My body automatically leaned towards his, protesting the distance he put between us. “I have a surprise for you.”
    “Now?” I whined.
    “Yes, now,” he replied, smiling. He was enjoying teasing me. “In fact, there couldn’t be a more perfect time.”
    “Oh really?” Frustrated, I cocked an eyebrow, wondering what he had planned.
    Quinn nodded and began walking backwards, tugging me along with him, stopping to the right of the waterfall behind a tall, thick hedge to the opening of a cave I’d never noticed before.
    “When did you find this?” I asked in surprise.
    “Actually, Dylan found it. Can you believe it? All the time we spent up here, and we never knew this existed.”
    “Well, exploring this portal was never exactly a big priority for us.” I winked as I caressed his bare chest with my fingers, moving down to his stomach.
    “Yeah, we were too busy exploring each other.” He grinned wickedly.
    “That was pretty cheesy—even for you.” I chuckled and shook my head.
    Quinn just laughed, but he caught me off guard by grabbing my hands before they wandered any farther south.
    I shot him a look that said: “Really? You actually want to wait?”
    “Wait until you see it from the inside,” he noted enthusiastically.
    “Can’t we explore it later ?”
    He shook his head.
    I guess you do want to wait. I frowned. “I hate delayed gratification,” I harrumphed under my breath, but still loud enough for Quinn to hear me, making him chuckle again.
    “C’mon, this place is pretty cool. It’s big—and very private.” He winked and led me deeper inside the cavern. With each step, the daylight grew dimmer, and I noticed flickering lights casting shadows against the