His sudden voice startled Madeline and made her heart skip a beat.

Her hand shook as the ball of paper that was supposed to be thrown into the trash can fell to the ground.

She hurriedly reached for it, but Jeremy got to it faster.

He stooped closer, and his delicate profile lightly brushed across her cheek.

Their breaths intertwined for a moment.

Jeremy picked up the ball of paper and was about to throw it away when he saw how weird Madeline was acting.

When Madeline saw that Jeremy was