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“Okay, I’d like to hear from you tomorrow, if that’s fine. Just a follow-up, and we’ll decide where to meet and all that. I’m looking forward to seeing you again after all these years. And Jasha. I think he owes me money from a poker game we played way back when.”
“I’ll settle his debt if you buy him one of those bottles with the worm in it. You know the stuff, right?”
“Go to any tourist shop and they’ll have it,” he replies.
“I want the real deal, not some fake shit. I’m sure you have a bottle at that compound of yours somewhere.”
“I’ll take a look.”
“Thanks, I’ll see you soon.”
“Bye.”
I hang up the phone the moment the door to the bathroom opens and Dream steps out. She’s fumbling with the back of her dress, probably a zipper she can’t get up all the way, but I’m too stunned by her angelic appearance to think to offer assistance with it.
Her cheeks turn red as she realizes she’s under such intense observation, and she turns away from me a bit, pointing to the zipper on her back. “Could you help me with this?”
She’s a goddess, the absolute definition of perfection. Her hair is up in an intricate bun, with loose brown curls falling down from it to frame her soft face. She doesn’t need makeup but she wears it perfectly, with a little sparkle around her eyes that makes her skin glow in the light.
Her dress is a striking red color, like blood spilled across luxurious fabric, and she smells like a garden would if it grew cotton candy instead of flowers. I don’t know what it is, but it makes me want to breathe her into my lungs and never exhale.
My heart pounds in my chest, and for a moment, I’m completely lost in her. She smiles, and it’s like a punch to the gut, full of warmth with a hint of knowing mischief that sends a shiver down my spine.
I force myself out of the daze I’ve found myself in, shaking my head a bit as I walk toward her. “You look amazing,” I say, my fingers trembling as I grab the zipper and pull it up.
Her voice comes out in barely more than a whisper. “Thank you.”
I step back, looking down at the plain t-shirt and slacks that I’m wearing and feeling sorely underdressed. “And look at me,” I say with a chuckle. “I need to get dressed. They’d steal you from me in a heartbeat if I went out with you like this.”
“No,” she says with a coy smile. “I’m the one who needs to keep an eye onyou. I’m sure all those women out there will be dying to get their hands on you.”
“But the only one I want is you,” I reply, the words flowing out with truthful clarity.
She looks at me, her beautiful brown eyes threatening to swallow me whole. “Do you think it’s too soon to be saying stuff like that?”
“I’d regret it if I never got the chance to.”
20
Dream
He’s saying all the right things, making me feel like I’m his queen and that he’d do anything for me, but there’s still something keeping me from trusting him completely.
“You’re not scared?” I ask him, looking deep into his glistening green eyes for the truth.
“Are you?” he asks.
“A little bit, yeah,” I answer, shifting my weight onto the other foot. I feel pretty when he looks at me, but I’m still not confident in what we’re doing. What if it’s all for nothing? What if my heart is shattered to pieces and I feel stupid for falling for a man in a matter of days?
And worse, would he laugh at me if he knew how crazy I was for him already?
“Why are you afraid?” he asks, his intense gaze softening.
“You just make me feel like I can trust you, and I know I can’t,” I reply, and even that’s too much for me to say.
“I will prove to you that you can,” he says, puffing out his chest at the challenge. “I’m not the man you take me for.”
“Relax, I didn’t mean anything bad,” I say, holding my hands up. “It’s just that I have problems opening up, and it’s not that easy for me to trustanyone, not just you. Every time I’ve opened up, I’ve been hurt or let down. It’s easier to keep people at a distance.”
