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Just passing people in a hallway.
Damn. I need to get her outta here. But I also need to know.
“So. You have someone else? A partner or husband, I mean,” I hear myself saying. Sounding more than hurt at my own suggestion.
Holly’s face falls, and she flushes hard again before looking a little hurt herself.
Wrong question?
Seriously. A man like me, probably twice her age, has to ask that.
I only just learned my name, but with no ring on my finger and a deep knowing I’m alone in the world, I know I’m not taken.
These feelings I’m having. Wanting her so badly in a way that is more important than knowing who I am right now.
She’s a fucking eleven on the scale of one to ten hardness. And mine feels like it could crack a diamond right now.
I don’t want this feeling dashed by some other lucky bastard walking in on what I’m starting to feel is already mine.
“There’s nobody else,” she finally murmurs dryly, shooting me a questioning look.
My spreading smile isn’t designed to disappoint her, but it registers hard with me.
“Perfect.” I hear my own voice reply, sounding a little dry myself.
All the moisture in my throat is suddenly gone, matching the pounding heart in my ribs once I realize I might stand a chance here.
“Then I was right,” I add. “About us being a team.”
Not a question anymore.
More of an affirmation.
Her body signaling relief is all I need to see, making me want to do more than what I try next.
A girl like this and the day we’re both having?
Leaning over to kiss her feels like the most natural thing in the world for me, but she pulls back.
“I think we got off on the wrong foot,” I tell her after she shifts nervously after standing and moving away.
The space between our mouths almost sketched roughly as its left hanging in the air.
“It’s notthat, it really isn’t,” she assures me, turning now, and I can see her wringing her hands in front of herself.
“I’ve just had the worst day. Not bumping into you, of course,” she adds with an urgent tone.
“Worst day?” I ask. Thinking only of her right now.
Whatever’s happened, I’ve already vowed to fix it for her. No matter what.
“My… my job…,” she stammers, trying not to cry. “My rent… everything…gonein one day!”
I feel my brow knit. My head suddenly aches all over again.
“Gone?” I ask her. Knowing I’ve lost something called my memory today but obviously noteverything.
She turns to look away, but I won’t have it. I won’t see this look in her eyes for a second longer.
