Ivy began driving her automotive with Joshua trailing behind her carefully. Despite the fact that it was round ten at night time, the night time was nonetheless younger. The street was not as abandoned as she had thought it to be. There have been many individuals nonetheless driving round on the streets. This gave her some confidence. However what gave her braveness was that Joshua was there to look out for her.

She regarded on the rearview mirror and observed Joshua proper behind her. She smiled unknowingly, happiness and heat gushing by means of her coronary heart. She had by no means felt this protected after her father’s disappearance. It was as if he was her private protecting protect. He didn’t must observe her and guarantee her security. That they had nothing between them. However the truth that he got here only for her made her admire him extra.

Joshua noticed her peeking at him as soon as some time by means of the mirror and he grinned. At that second, he discovered her to be cute and lovely. She was not the Ivy who had daringly adopted the girl to a pub, nor was she the gutsy journalist who had made a whole clinic crumble into ash. Proper now, she was simply an alluring girl who had unknowingly determined to depend upon him and this made him jubilant. He had the sudden urge to guard her for his total life.

Whereas driving, Joshua additionally stored a watch to see any potential stalkers. Nevertheless, he didn’t discover anybody nor something suspicious. He then remembered one thing. When he had final visited Ivy’s home, he had seen somebody following them. He had assumed the particular person to be tailing him. However now he understood that it was Ivy who the particular person had in thoughts. He clenched his fists in anger. His temper modified without delay and his fingers began to crave for blood. He needed to kill the one that was making Ivy fear.

As soon as once more, he noticed Ivy taking look at him within the mirror and his anger cooled down the following instantaneous. It was as if she had calmed the bloodthirsty beast inside him and this stunned him. He puzzled what was unsuitable with him. This had by no means occurred earlier than. Each time he acquired indignant, it could take not less than an hour for it to subdue. However this woman had tamed him inside minutes. He was confused himself with this sudden change.

It took them a while to achieve Ivy’s home. The restaurant was fairly removed from the realm. Ivy regarded round her to see if that bastard of a Tim was anyplace close by. Nevertheless, to her happiness, she discovered nobody. She took a deep breath and drove her automotive to the basement of the condominium complicated.

Joshua too had stored on eye on to see if anyone was suspicious, however he discovered none. Seeing Ivy go in, he set free a sigh. He stopped his automotive in entrance of the constructing. He needed to attend a couple of minutes simply to ensure that there was no doable threats. Nevertheless, he had not anticipated Ivy to come back working again outdoors.

Dreading the worst doable consequence, he acquired off the automotive and rushed to her. “Ivy, is every thing alright? What occurred? Why did you come again working?” He fired the questions in fear and hugged her, stunning Ivy. Her coronary heart thundered in her chest and her mind short-circuited. It took her a while to investigate what had occurred.

Ivy felt his fingers on her waist and she or he froze in her place. This was the primary time she had been this near any man and her coronary heart could not management the thrill. It was not listening to her thoughts and was dancing to its personal tune. How a lot ever she tried, it was nonetheless on a dash. She was blushing furiously. Solely she knew how arduous it was for her to squeak out the phrases to calm the person.

She discovered her misplaced voice after a whole lot of time and tried to assuage the over-anxious man who was nonetheless hugging her. “Settle down, Mr. Worrywort. I’m effective. I got here again to ship you off.”

Joshua was so perturbed seeing her dash again that he had not observed he had unknowingly hugged her. Now that he heard Ivy guarantee him, he realized their awkward place. He might really feel her delicate chest urgent in opposition to his physique and his throat change into dry instantly. He gulped making an attempt to assuage the fireplace that he had inadvertently lit in his physique.

Realizing the place they have been in, he withdrew from her instantly and coughed in embarrassment. The sudden lack of heat made Ivy frown somewhat. His hug had made her lean nearer to his physique to get extra of his scent. She might odor the faint perfume of his cologne and it calmed her nerves. She needed to remain in his embrace somewhat longer. Realizing her ideas, she was stunned herself. This was a primary for her to assume this manner. A clumsy state of affairs engulfed them and no one stated a phrase. 

Seconds turned to minutes, but no one had spoken. Joshua was staring on the sky whereas Ivy’s eyes have been mounted on the bottom, every not daring to take a look at the opposite particular person. It was not till a automotive zoomed on the road, did their trance break.

“I assume it is time for me to depart.” Joshua began.

“Sure. Thanks a lot for right now.” Ivy replied, her eyes nonetheless not assembly his.

“No downside.” 

No person spoke a phrase concerning the hug. The subject was on their thoughts however it by no means made until their tongue. Joshua gave Ivy one final look earlier than he acquired inside his automotive and drove away. Ivy waited till she couldn’t see the automotive anymore earlier than she went contained in the condominium. 

Her coronary heart was but to come back down from its excited state when she met her neighbor within the carry. The fifty-year-old girl was grinning at her like a Cheshire cat. From her face, Ivy might make out that the girl had seen every thing that had transpired just a few seconds again. However what was this girl doing outdoors right now of the night time? As a solution to her unasked query, she heard a bark and she or he regarded down. In fact, the girl took her labrador for a stroll day by day after dinner. How might she overlook it?

Ivy waited impatiently for the elevator door to open and when it did, she dashed to her home in a blink. The lady watched her run for her life and laughed at her cuteness. Now she had one thing to gossip about along with her associates within the constructing of their subsequent meet.