Her mouth met his hungrily, arms circling once again. She wanted this, wanted him to claim her as his. Her eyes closed and she tilted her head, her mouth opening willingly beneath his. Karen wasn't shy about it, she was melting against him and she didn't want it to stop. "Frederic," she gasped against his mouth eventually. It seemed as though an eternity passed with them kissing each other in the front hallway of her home. She felt her knees weaken as the kissing persisted, her body shuddering against his. Oh, but she knew right at that moment that she was falling in love with Fred even as she had tried to tell herself she shouldn't.