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Two big hands grabbed my arms and yanked me into a wall of muscle, out of the way of the car. I gasped as we fell to the ground, but I was kept safe by my protector’s strong arms. I could smell his cologne, a musky scent of sandalwood and spice. I wanted to bury my head in his neck and breathe deeply for a minute — or thirty.
“Are you okay?”
I looked up into the face of my savior. It was the man I had watched get out of the luxury car with the little girl. His brown eyes examined my face with intensity. I couldn’t find any words to reply. He was too beautiful for words.
“Are you hurt?”
“Um…”
His eyes widened. Clearly, he thought something was really wrong with me. He pulled me closer and ran a hand over my head, checking to see if I had been wounded. I fought the urge to purr like a cat and snuggle in. “Did you hit your head? What’s your name?”
I knew I hadn’t hit my head, but I was in shock. Almost hit by a car, saved by an insanely handsome man. It felt like some weird dream. “Cara.”
“Date of birth?”
“September twenty-third.”
“Do you know what year it is?”
I finally gained my senses and sat up, drawing away from him. “I’m fine, I didn’t hit my head.”
The man got to his feet and helped me up. “Are you sure?”
His hand engulfed mine almost completely and his height made me feel petite and feminine. “Positive. I promise.” I smiled sheepishly. What an embarrassment. “Are you okay? You’re the one who landed on your back.”
He shook his head, adjusting a button on his coat. “I’m fine.”
The little girl sprinted over and threw her arms around the man. “Daddy! Are you okay?”
“Fine, I’m fine.”
“Areyouokay?” she then asked me shyly.
My heart grew two sizes. What a sweet girl. “I’m fine. Thanks to your daddy.”
She smiled and hid behind his leg.
The man tenderly stroked his daughter’s hair. “That was a little scary for all of us, huh?”
I started dusting off the front of my coat. “You’re telling me. My whole life flashed before my eyes.”
The three of us were quiet for a moment. This was quite an awkward situation.
“Oh! Thank you. Thank you so much. Sorry, I’m an idiot. I haven’t even thanked you yet.”
The man’s lips quirked, soft-looking and oh, so kissable. It was a crime for a man to have such lush-looking lips. I couldn’t help but imagine what they would feel like sliding across my mouth, down my neck, onto my…
“It was nothing.”
I shook my head slightly to clear it from my dirty fantasies. “Are you kidding? I could have —” I remembered the little girl at his side. “It could have been a bad situation and you just —”
I was interrupted by the grating sound of my realtor’s voice.
“Jesus Christ, Cara! What were you doing loitering in the street?”
My entire body braced.Danny Morden. Danny was much more than my realtor, though. He was the son of friends of my parents from their church. We had known each other since we were kids, although Danny was about four years older than me. I never understood how his sweet mom and dad created such a jackass like Danny. But that’s what he was and what he had always been.
Unfortunately, he had everyone snowed. My parents never shut up about him and his successes in commercial real estate. And howhandsomehe was. “Cara, you and Danny would makesucha cute pair.” That was a phrase to which I’d become numb.
