Tell me what to do, I’ll fix it.”
A small smile spread across her
beautiful face, and her eyes were shining, not just with tears but happiness.
“You didn’t upset me, I’m happy.
Never in a million years did I think I would be able to trust a man again, let
alone be held by one. I know I can trust you not to hurt me, I feel it in my
soul. I feel you in my soul Brayden. It’s the strangest feeling. I don’t quite
know what to make of it.”
Now I was the one smiling. She
felt it too.
“I feel you too. From that first
time I met you in your office, I walked out feeling like the biggest ass on the
planet, normally being an ass comes so naturally to me that it doesn’t bother
me. But I was more than bothered by it that day. I was pissed off with myself. I
swore I would make a mends. That’s why I came back the next day with the
flowers. It’s the first time I’ve ever brought flowers for a woman. You’re a
lucky lady you know that.”
The atmosphere in her small
apartment felt much lighter now. So I bounced my eyebrows up and down at her
with my last statement. She was still smiling and it made my heart beat faster,
that I could make her smile like that.
“And why am I such a lucky lady?”
“You’ve brought Brayden Brooks to
his knees baby. You do know what that means don’t you?”
A look of concern crossed her
face when I said that last part in the sternest voice I could muster given the
situation. She slowly shook her head.
“It means you’re stuck with me Stella.
Nobody has ever affected me the way you do. You’re as much a part of my soul as
I am yours.”
She threw herself into my chest
and wrapped her delicate arms around my neck and burrowed her face into me. I
revelled in the feeling of her tiny warm body snuggled into mine so tightly.
She fit perfectly in my arms. I was overcome by a wave of contentment. I was
exactly where I was supposed to be.
Stella
When Brayden opened up like that
I was flooded with bliss, just pure bliss. I never thought I could be this
happy. A few minutes passes with neither of us talking, just soaking up the
contentment we had found in each other. When I pulled away a little so I could
look at him while I spoke I swear I saw love shining in his eyes.
“I thought I was going to end up
the crazy cat lady, but with little dogs.”
He burst out laughing, a deep
belly laugh. I could feel his muscles tensing beneath me as he tried to control
it.
“Little dogs, more like rodents.
I thought your dog was an over grown rat when Sloan brought him out here.”
Oh hell no. Nobody disrespected
my baby like that. I hit his arm playfully.
“How dare you! I’ll have you know
that Fergus has been my constant companion for the last three years. He is a
good, loving and loyal dog. There is nothing ‘ratty’ about him thank you very
much.”
“Yea, okay. Whatever you say,
baby. I don’t think your rat likes me very much.”
“Maybe, because you keep calling
him a rat?”
“Or maybe because I’m the only
other male to enter his domain?”
I pondered that for a moment. He
was probably right.
“I think you might be onto
something there, although I maintain he doesn’t appreciate being called a rat.
But you are the first man I’ve ever had in my apartment. Fergus isn’t used to
visitors. I don’t really have many friends you see, and Sloan and Bianca are
the only people I really spend time with.”
“Who’s Bianca?”
“My receptionist.”
“Oh you mean doe eyes?”
I had no idea what he was talking
about, who the hell was doe eyes? I tilted my head to the side trying to make a
connection.
“God you’re cute, especially when
you cock your head to the side like that when you’re thinking.”
I’m pretty sure I blushed. No one
had called me cute in the longest time.
“Thank you. But who is doe eyes?”
“Your receptionist, whenever I go
to your office she just stares at me with these big brown doe eyes, doesn’t
really say much, just
A small smile spread across her
beautiful face, and her eyes were shining, not just with tears but happiness.
“You didn’t upset me, I’m happy.
Never in a million years did I think I would be able to trust a man again, let
alone be held by one. I know I can trust you not to hurt me, I feel it in my
soul. I feel you in my soul Brayden. It’s the strangest feeling. I don’t quite
know what to make of it.”
Now I was the one smiling. She
felt it too.
“I feel you too. From that first
time I met you in your office, I walked out feeling like the biggest ass on the
planet, normally being an ass comes so naturally to me that it doesn’t bother
me. But I was more than bothered by it that day. I was pissed off with myself. I
swore I would make a mends. That’s why I came back the next day with the
flowers. It’s the first time I’ve ever brought flowers for a woman. You’re a
lucky lady you know that.”
The atmosphere in her small
apartment felt much lighter now. So I bounced my eyebrows up and down at her
with my last statement. She was still smiling and it made my heart beat faster,
that I could make her smile like that.
“And why am I such a lucky lady?”
“You’ve brought Brayden Brooks to
his knees baby. You do know what that means don’t you?”
A look of concern crossed her
face when I said that last part in the sternest voice I could muster given the
situation. She slowly shook her head.
“It means you’re stuck with me Stella.
Nobody has ever affected me the way you do. You’re as much a part of my soul as
I am yours.”
She threw herself into my chest
and wrapped her delicate arms around my neck and burrowed her face into me. I
revelled in the feeling of her tiny warm body snuggled into mine so tightly.
She fit perfectly in my arms. I was overcome by a wave of contentment. I was
exactly where I was supposed to be.
Stella
When Brayden opened up like that
I was flooded with bliss, just pure bliss. I never thought I could be this
happy. A few minutes passes with neither of us talking, just soaking up the
contentment we had found in each other. When I pulled away a little so I could
look at him while I spoke I swear I saw love shining in his eyes.
“I thought I was going to end up
the crazy cat lady, but with little dogs.”
He burst out laughing, a deep
belly laugh. I could feel his muscles tensing beneath me as he tried to control
it.
“Little dogs, more like rodents.
I thought your dog was an over grown rat when Sloan brought him out here.”
Oh hell no. Nobody disrespected
my baby like that. I hit his arm playfully.
“How dare you! I’ll have you know
that Fergus has been my constant companion for the last three years. He is a
good, loving and loyal dog. There is nothing ‘ratty’ about him thank you very
much.”
“Yea, okay. Whatever you say,
baby. I don’t think your rat likes me very much.”
“Maybe, because you keep calling
him a rat?”
“Or maybe because I’m the only
other male to enter his domain?”
I pondered that for a moment. He
was probably right.
“I think you might be onto
something there, although I maintain he doesn’t appreciate being called a rat.
But you are the first man I’ve ever had in my apartment. Fergus isn’t used to
visitors. I don’t really have many friends you see, and Sloan and Bianca are
the only people I really spend time with.”
“Who’s Bianca?”
“My receptionist.”
“Oh you mean doe eyes?”
I had no idea what he was talking
about, who the hell was doe eyes? I tilted my head to the side trying to make a
connection.
“God you’re cute, especially when
you cock your head to the side like that when you’re thinking.”
I’m pretty sure I blushed. No one
had called me cute in the longest time.
“Thank you. But who is doe eyes?”
“Your receptionist, whenever I go
to your office she just stares at me with these big brown doe eyes, doesn’t
really say much, just
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