She walked around him then and watched as he took in her attire. She'd let the gown covering her fall to the floor... and was now dressed only in her lacy baby doll. She watched his eyes darken and then his hand moved...
He cupped her face then and she leaned into his touch, her heart jumping with triumph. Yes. She was winning. "Aiden... can I... kiss you?"
But then the next moment was a blur.
Her smile vanished as she gasped, her back slamming into the window frame behind her. Before she could process what was happening, her feet left the ground, and she found herself halfway out of the window, the cold night air biting at the exposed skin of her shoulders and arms. Her legs flailed in the air and her lacy attire doing little to protect her from the sudden rush. She tried to balance herself but she had no purchase.
