Kiss Me Again

Copyright © 2023 by Kate J. Blake All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. CONTENTS About the Author About the Book Prologue Chapter One Mia Chapter Two Ben Chapter Three Mia Chapter Four Ben Chapter Five Ben Chapter Six Mia Chapter Seven Ben Chapter Eight Mia Chapter Nine Ben Chapter Ten Mia Chapter Eleven Ben Chapter Twelve Mia Chapter Thirteen Mia Chapter Fourteen Mia Epilogue Excerpt "Hit Me Back" Prologue Diana ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kate J. Blake writes spicy romance novellas for naughty readers who love hot heroes and happily-ever-afters. Originally from Ukraine, Kate currently resides in Southern California, enjoying the warm weather all year round. Kate used to work as a stylist, and loves everything about fashion. She's a fan of online shopping, and buys tons of useless stuff, trying to convince her husband that she possibly can't live without all of that. Kate reads 100+ books a year, but still orders many more titles than she could ever possibly read. She loves binge-watching romance TV shows and always misses her writing deadlines. Kate has visited 30+ countries, and is not planning to stop travelling any time soon. You can find out more about her trips through her social media accounts. Connect with her at: www.katejblake.com Instagram Twitter Pinterest Facebook BookBub Goodreads ABOUT THE BOOK She's my sister's best friend; I always knew that she was off-limits and we could never be together. Until one night when I lost my mind and kissed her... Yeah, I know: what was I thinking, right? Since that day, everything changed. We stopped sharing secrets, we barely talked. Our years of friendship shattered into tiny pieces and I had no idea what to do. Until one day, when something happened, and we were forced to live under one roof for the next couple of weeks. This was my chance to fix everything. I was older now, wiser. I wouldn’t touch her, smell her, place her palm in mine... And, moreover, I would never let myself kiss her again. Do you believe me? "Kiss Me Again" is a high school friends-to-lovers steamy romance novella with dual point of view; no cheating, no cliffhanger and a beautiful happily ever after GUARANTEED. PROLOGUE MIA One and a half years ago "It's elementary, Mia," says Chad, tongue-tied from all the booze he's been drinking all evening. "The game is called 'truth or dare,' and you chose truth, so you're going to tell us about the first time you were kissed and by whom. It's a simple question." A simple question. Simple for whom? For Chad? He’s probably kissed so many girls that he’s lost count. Does he remember his first kiss? I feel how sweaty my palms are, and I think I will faint right onto this Persian carpet from the eighteenth century. I already regret that I declined to drink liquor tonight. The alcohol would've relaxed me a little. "Or I can give you an indulgence, and you can change your truth to dare," he continues as everybody keeps watching me, drinking and laughing. I know they’re mostly laugh because they’ve drunk too much, but for some reason, I feel awkward, "You can kiss me instead." He sticks out his tongue and wriggles it like a snake, thinking it must be funny, but it's so gross. His best friend Kevin, who now sits to his right, extends a hand for a high five, and when Chad responds to him, they both start laughing. I nervously swallow, feeling a massive lump in my throat. I knew coming here was a mistake. I was against it from the beginning. I wish I had stayed home with a book instead of playing this stupid game. But my best friend, Diana, convinced me to do it. At first, she tried to persuade me, saying, “We're going to meet all of my brother's teammates: hot, sexy, older guys.” I laughed then, not only because she said 'old' when her brother is only a year and a half older than us, and his teammates are approximately the same age. But mostly I laughed because she thought that that would convince me to trade my new smutty romance novel for a bunch of so-called 'young men' who say stupid things and look incredibly ridiculous after only a drink or two. And that's when Diana started to plead, saying that it was her only chance to party with those guys before they go to college, just like her brother. She used her best friend card and made those begging puppy eyes I can never resist. That's how I agreed. And then I got onto that same trick again when Di asked me to play this stupid game. “Will you make me be the only girl?” she’d asked and made these eyes again. And now I'm screwed. I have no choice but to kiss Chad. It's kissing him or humiliating myself, confessing that I've never been kissed. I hate Diana. Yes, she's my best friend, but right now, I hate her, getting redder with each second from fury mixed with embarrassment. I don't want my first kiss to be with a guy like Chad, who won't even remember my name tomorrow. I also don't want to confess to all of Ben's football team that I've never been kissed. They will all start to laugh, and somebody is bound to remember my revelation tomorrow. "Or you can kiss me instead if Mia doesn't want to play this game any longer," Diana says unexpectedly, and I almost can't believe it. I look at my best friend with a question mark on my face, and she gives me an It's okay look in return. That's it. That's why I can't be mad at Di for long: no matter how much she