Ricki couldn’t believe it when Ristéard demanded she kiss him in exchange for contacting her parents and letting them know she was safe. Her first thought had been to inform him where he could shove his demand. Again, her instinct for handling situations told her that she would best accomplish what she needed to do with a more diplomatic approach.
If he wants a kiss, she decided. I’ll give him a kiss that will knock his socks off.
While she might not have had extensive lessons on kissing, she figured it couldn’t be all that difficult. She would just imagine he was someone whom she would really want to kiss. Someone tall. Someone who made her feel feminine and fragile.
Someone… okay, someone like him, but not like him, she decided as she stepped closer.
Licking her lips to moisten them,
