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Chapter 11: Kiss, Interrupted
"Hunter, I'm sorry," said Alyssa suddenly after stopping their kiss. "I can't do this."
"What's wrong?" asked Hunter worriedly as he wiped off his lower lip. "Am I a bad… you know?"
"No, no!" reassured Alyssa quickly as she blushed slightly. "You're a great kisser. Trust me."
"That's good," grinned Hunter, clearly pleased. "So what's the problem then? You said you liked me."
"Well I do," said Alyssa tentatively. "As a friend."
"Oh," replied Hunter, now clearly disappointed. "Is there someone else?"
"Ummm," stalled Alyssa, uncertain as what to say as well as of her own feelings especially when it came to …
"Cole?" asked Hunter outright. "Are you in love with Cole?"
"Cole doesn't think of me like that," Alyssa chose to reply rather than draw attention to her side of the story.
"Then what is it?" asked Hunter again.
"It's just this is all just moving so fast!" blurted out Alyssa. "I mean, I just met you today."
"But you could see yourself liking me?" persisted Hunter as he pressed his lips together. "As more than a friend?"
Despite Cole's presence – or lack there of – in the romantic equation of her love life, Alyssa once again had to answer Hunter honestly.
"Yes," she responded, unable to take her eyes off his lips. "I could definitely see us as more than just friends."
"So then let's just take it slow then," suggested Hunter, though his actions spoke opposite as he pulled Alyssa into his lap.
"Slow," repeated Alyssa, still entranced by his lips.
"Nice and slow," added Hunter as he once again pressed his mouth up against hers.
Alyssa was glad at that moment she was sitting on Hunter's lap because the passion behind his kiss left her legs shaky. Shivering when Hunter lightly massaged the back of her neck with his fingertips, Alyssa moaned slightly when he sensually slipped his tongue inside her mouth. Yet Alyssa moan suddenly switched to a gasp when she heard a loud rustling in the bushes behind them.
"What the…" began Hunter as he held Alyssa protectively.
"Who's there?" demanded Alyssa, trying to sound brave but still clinging to Hunter nervously.
The next sound though out of Alyssa's mouth was a horrified scream when she saw a face all-too-familiar to her fall bruised and bloodied out of the bushes.