Realizing she had been making sounds like a donkey trying to push out ten babies at once—whatever baby donkeys were called, and frankly she didn't give a damn—Tessa felt utterly mortified. Leonard was making her look like a complete lunatic.
Before he could pull her back into another kiss, she quickly disengaged and swallowed hard, desperately trying to catch the breath she had lost.
"That was pretty intense," she admitted.
Leonard offered her a beautiful smile that somehow made her even more nervous.
Tessa could already feel herself getting drawn in again. Before she could do something stupid, she smacked her own chin so hard that Leonard actually gasped. It was now a habit she was now used to. Smacking herself to bring her dumb sense back to reality.
"Jeez, Tessa, get a grip on yourself. He's a male."
Unfortunately, her inner voice didn't sound very convincing.
When Leonard took a small step closer, she immediately shifted backward and forced an awkward smile onto her face.
