rushed out the glass door of the bus station, rounded the corner of the building a bit too fast and plowed head long into a wall of pure muscle. The dude had a chest like a brick wall. I bounced off it and fell on the ground on my ass. I sat there for a split second, dazed, but mostly just embarrassed.
“Hey, are you okay?”
I looked up and saw a strong, outstretched hand extended toward me, looming in my face. My eyes trailed from the hand up the equally finely muscled arm to his face. He watched me with an intense gaze, deep-blue eyes, rivulets of emotion pouring out of them with a look of…what? I didn’t know. My stunned brain couldn’t comprehend in this moment as I sat on the ground. But that look was exquisite. It pierced me to my soul as if he could see right into my thoughts and understood everything about me in an instant.
He smiled down at me sympathetically, and my stomach dropped to the floor where my ass was still glued, and yet it was more than that. It was the kind of rare smile that promised eternal reassurance. It focused on me with an irresistible charm as if I were the only person it was meant for in the entire world, as if he knew me and believed in me, as if he assured me that I already was the best person I could ever be in this instant. Precisely at that point, it vanished and I was looking at the most gorgeous man I had ever seen in my life.
I blinked hard and all thoughts rushed from my mind like a surging river. He moved with formless grace, momentarily balancing himself on one foot with the kind of movement that implies great muscular tone in every limb. He leaned his hand closer to grasp my outstretched arm by the wrist, still gazing down at me with those blue, laser beam eyes. I wanted to decline his open and waiting hand and said something like, “Thanks, but I can get up myself. I don’t need your help.”
Nothing came out and my heart just pounded harder against my rib cage until I was sure that he could feel it vibrating all the way down my arm to where he now had a firm grip on my wrist. I wanted to jump up and run. That would be the best thing because I didn’t know what I wanted or what to do to stop this avalanche from crashing down around me and sweeping me away. I didn’t need a guy in my life and not one like him with such an instantaneous and mysterious power over me. The mere moment his eyes locked with mine, something shifted in the universe, something that excited me and scared me at the same time.
I shook my head, and tried to clear my thoughts as he effortlessly pulled my one-hundred and twenty pound body to my feet with one swift jerk.
Snapped out of my daze now, I said harshly, “Geez. Why don’t you look where you’re going?” No way was I going to indicate to him what mysterious power he had just inflicted upon me.
“Me? I wasn’t going anywhere. I was standing right here, checking the bus schedule when you came crashing into me.” He smiled. Something inside me caved in and softened just a little from that pearly smirk of his. Damn him. No one should be allowed to have that much charm to wield over others, let alone a hot guy like him. He was probably full of himself, pumped up with bullshit ideas about his good looks, exemplified by those massively pumped muscles bulging out from under his black T-shirt.
“Yeah, well…maybe they should have posted those schedules another place, not right where people are walking,” I said and propped my hand on my hip as I realized I was making a fool of myself in front of the hottest guy I had seen in a long time, or any time, for that matter.
“You’re absolutely right. They shouldn’t have posted it right here on the corner. I’ll tell you what. Are you hungry? Why don’t I treat you to lunch to compensate for the city’s horrible mistake?”
I narrowed my eyes, sizing him up, raking my gaze over his body as he stood there like a statue with piercing steel
“Hey, are you okay?”
I looked up and saw a strong, outstretched hand extended toward me, looming in my face. My eyes trailed from the hand up the equally finely muscled arm to his face. He watched me with an intense gaze, deep-blue eyes, rivulets of emotion pouring out of them with a look of…what? I didn’t know. My stunned brain couldn’t comprehend in this moment as I sat on the ground. But that look was exquisite. It pierced me to my soul as if he could see right into my thoughts and understood everything about me in an instant.
He smiled down at me sympathetically, and my stomach dropped to the floor where my ass was still glued, and yet it was more than that. It was the kind of rare smile that promised eternal reassurance. It focused on me with an irresistible charm as if I were the only person it was meant for in the entire world, as if he knew me and believed in me, as if he assured me that I already was the best person I could ever be in this instant. Precisely at that point, it vanished and I was looking at the most gorgeous man I had ever seen in my life.
I blinked hard and all thoughts rushed from my mind like a surging river. He moved with formless grace, momentarily balancing himself on one foot with the kind of movement that implies great muscular tone in every limb. He leaned his hand closer to grasp my outstretched arm by the wrist, still gazing down at me with those blue, laser beam eyes. I wanted to decline his open and waiting hand and said something like, “Thanks, but I can get up myself. I don’t need your help.”
Nothing came out and my heart just pounded harder against my rib cage until I was sure that he could feel it vibrating all the way down my arm to where he now had a firm grip on my wrist. I wanted to jump up and run. That would be the best thing because I didn’t know what I wanted or what to do to stop this avalanche from crashing down around me and sweeping me away. I didn’t need a guy in my life and not one like him with such an instantaneous and mysterious power over me. The mere moment his eyes locked with mine, something shifted in the universe, something that excited me and scared me at the same time.
I shook my head, and tried to clear my thoughts as he effortlessly pulled my one-hundred and twenty pound body to my feet with one swift jerk.
Snapped out of my daze now, I said harshly, “Geez. Why don’t you look where you’re going?” No way was I going to indicate to him what mysterious power he had just inflicted upon me.
“Me? I wasn’t going anywhere. I was standing right here, checking the bus schedule when you came crashing into me.” He smiled. Something inside me caved in and softened just a little from that pearly smirk of his. Damn him. No one should be allowed to have that much charm to wield over others, let alone a hot guy like him. He was probably full of himself, pumped up with bullshit ideas about his good looks, exemplified by those massively pumped muscles bulging out from under his black T-shirt.
“Yeah, well…maybe they should have posted those schedules another place, not right where people are walking,” I said and propped my hand on my hip as I realized I was making a fool of myself in front of the hottest guy I had seen in a long time, or any time, for that matter.
“You’re absolutely right. They shouldn’t have posted it right here on the corner. I’ll tell you what. Are you hungry? Why don’t I treat you to lunch to compensate for the city’s horrible mistake?”
I narrowed my eyes, sizing him up, raking my gaze over his body as he stood there like a statue with piercing steel
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