No, Blake, I trust you. I’d be honored to have an escort to my Escort. I’m a little afraid of the dark.” Livia tucked a lock of brown hair behind her ear.
“I’m not afraid of the dark at all, so this way, milady, to your chariot.” Blake held out an elbow, formally.
Livia.” He seemed thrilled to let the word roll off his tongue. “Do you know that I’m invisible?”
“No one has really seen me in years.” Blake looked at the sky. “Sometimes I wonder how they know I don’t have a home. I try to dress decently.” He waved a hand at his jeans and army jacket. “I think it just seeps out of me. I’m not the same as everyone else.” He shook his head, his eyes reflecting a weary despair. As he looked at Livia again, the despair was chased away with a grin. “But when you saw me for the first time, you actually saw me. You saw me, and then you smiled like I was just the same as everyone else on that platform.
As she started down the large staircase, she saw him. The desire to be near him suddenly became a physical presence. Whoa.
Today Blake stood in his shady spot with Livia’s smile echoed on his face. She had to force herself not to run to him.
Her heart would pound as she glimpsed his familiar form from the top of the stairs. Twice she almost wrecked her car because he was staring at her.
Debra AnastasiaIN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED, Livia played a new game every day. It was always some version of “Ignore Chris and Pretend Nothing’s Wrong With That.
Debra AnastasiaBut it was a lie. She just craved more time with Blake. During those minutes each morning and evening, she felt herself becoming someone she’d never been before. Not someone else, really, but fully herself. She basked in Blake’s attention.
Debra AnastasiaI’ll feed fifty goddamn people every freaking morning if I have to. Just so he can eat one sandwich.
Debra AnastasiaBlake waited until she set her deep gray eyes on him. “He has no idea the beauty in front of him. He’s a fool.”
His words made her heart glow. She smiled and looked at her hands.
Sometimes her cheeks hurt from laughing when he finally held her car door open for her in the evening. He was there every day and every night. For her.
Debra AnastasiaOf course, he wants to be a thoughtful gentleman, not a trained seal getting food for tricks.
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