He took a step forward, and once again I took one back. “Sounds like someone’s been making assumptions again,” he drawled.Īn odd thumping began in my chest, and I shook my head. Here I was thinking a gentleman apologized when running into a woman.” Especially to him, for some inexplicable reason. I didn’t know what came over me, but I suddenly felt free of that name-maybe because he’d never met that girl before. And an even stronger feeling that I already was. I suddenly had the distinct feeling I didn’t want to be his entertainment. He dropped his hand to his side, the slightest bit of amusement coming to life in his eyes as if I’d just done a trick that entertained him. I imagined he did that while thinking of how he was going to kill a man.Īs if we were the same poles of a magnet, I took one back.
With the phone in his hand, a thumb came up to run across his jaw. I’d never spoken to someone like that-let alone a boss-in my life. “And if I say stand here and stare at you?” It was out of my mouth before I could stop it, and I instantly wished I could reach out and take my words back. “You going to stand here and stare at me all day, or are you going to move?”
However, it was bright enough to see the flicker of impatience behind his gaze. Some large potted plants blocked our view from the main hall, and a green glass lamp on a side table cast the area in dim light. This hallway was more of an alcove made of arches behind the staircase. He had a cell phone in one hand at his side, so I assumed he must have been making a private call. He regarded me like someone would watch Animal Planet-like I was another species and possibly dull entertainment. Or maybe this hall was just small? No, it looked like a normal-sized hallway.
He stood there in a gray suit and a smooth black tie. I took another step back as if to get some footing, but it was mostly just to put myself out of his reach, some kind of survival instinct kicking in. It was so quiet I could hear my heart beating in my chest. We were no longer in a foyer filled with people, but completely alone. Unease drifted through my body like a kindled flame. I knew who I’d run into before I had to look. A breath escaped me as I was forced a step back. I was downstairs, turning a corner in the hall near the library when I collided with something warm and solid.
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