He was closer now, his hand wrapping around her, an embrace and a kiss. His heart pounded against her palm while her's fluttered against the back of her hand, pressed against them. But his lips.... they were all consuming, his embrace was caring. Malou felt like liquid in his grasp, indeed, unsure of what to do, Malou brought her face back ever so slightly, looking up at him as their foreheads touched.
There was a look she couldn't read there, it spoke in a language it seemed her heart and stomach understood, but her mind had never faced before. And there was a tenderness to it too. Her gaze fell to his lips and tentatively she placed a gentle kiss to those lips -
Another burst of laughter sounded nearby and Malou froze, remembering that just around the other side of the Christmas tree was an entire ballroom of people. Part of her didn't care, only wanted what Mr. Prewett's embrace had given her. But all her nerves, her concerns, her practicalities flooded into her coloring her cheeks a bright red.
There was a look she couldn't read there, it spoke in a language it seemed her heart and stomach understood, but her mind had never faced before. And there was a tenderness to it too. Her gaze fell to his lips and tentatively she placed a gentle kiss to those lips -
Another burst of laughter sounded nearby and Malou froze, remembering that just around the other side of the Christmas tree was an entire ballroom of people. Part of her didn't care, only wanted what Mr. Prewett's embrace had given her. But all her nerves, her concerns, her practicalities flooded into her coloring her cheeks a bright red.
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