Chapter Forty One: Challenge Gone Wrong

Celine "What?" I frowned at Trevor's condition. "That's nonsense. How can you expect me not to react to your touch? My sensory nerves aren't numb." "So, you admit you're attracted to me, right?" Trevor asked. "Reacting to your touch doesn't equal attraction to you, Trevor. It's just a regular bodily response to touch." "You aren't aroused by our proximity?" he asked. "I'm very irritated by our proximity because, one, you're crossing clear boundaries, and two, it's disrespectful to rub your...against an unwilling partner." "Your words contradict your feelings, Celine. You are very excited by my...I can feel the excitement thrumming through your body." My body was slick against his, locked unbearably close to his underwater. I could feel every part of his body against mine, and the heat rolled off him to me. I gritted my teeth as I replied. It was getting harder to keep a clear head. My heart and mind were about to blow into smithereens. "My body and my mind are two separat