At first, she froze, her mind blank with shock. But as he began to pull back, she reached out, clutching the front of his vest.
"Don't". She whispered, her voice barely audible.
Tyrell stilled, his eyes searching hers. "Don't what?"
"Don't pull away". She admitted, her cheeks flushing.
A slow smile spread across his face, and he cupped her cheek with his uninjured hand.
And this time, when he kissed her, she didn't resist. Instead, she leaned into him, her heart swelling with a joy she hadn't felt in years as she reciprocated the passionate kiss with an equally burning frevor.
The world around them seemed to fade, the sounds of the laughing girls in the living room becoming a distant hum and this time they could only feel themselves and nothing more.
The kitchen buzzed with a charged silence as Tyrell moved closer to Leila, his hands resting firmly but gently on her waist.