A pointy knock on my door jolts me out of my ideas, pulling an involuntary yelp from my throat. Earlier than checking to see who’s there, I am going into my app to make sure the groceries I’m anticipating to reach at the moment are nonetheless being pushed throughout city. They’re.

So, who’s at my door? I by no means get surprising guests.

Whereas I’m attempting to calm myself down, the knock comes once more, however this time it’s a bit of softer; whoever’s on the opposite facet will need to have heard me yell. For a second, I contemplate ignoring them, however one thing tells me to open the door. So, I metal my nerves and start the method of undoing all 5 of the locks.

After I lastly get a glimpse of my customer, my coronary heart skips a beat in my chest. In entrance of me is essentially the most good-looking man I believe I’ve ever seen. He have to be in his early thirties, he’s impossibly tall with a large, muscular chest. His jet black hair is minimize neat, nearly prefer it’s a part of a uniform. I’m wondering what his sharp jawline would really feel like beneath my fingertips.

“Hey! Erm…I’m so sorry if I startled you,” the irresistible stranger says, with a boyishly good-looking grin, holding his palms up in a non-threatening gesture.

“It’s okay,” I reply, blinking quickly as I attempt to clear my head of the unusual line of considering I used to be about to go down. My cheeks are burning.

“I assumed I’d drop by and introduce myself,” he says, providing me his hand. “I’m Michael. I simply moved in subsequent door a pair weeks in the past.”

“Oh,” I murmur, opening the door a bit of extra and accepting Michael’s hand, sending a jolt of electrical energy up my arm. “I’m Sabrina.”

He gazes straight at me, “It’s a pleasure to satisfy you.” His deep, darkish brown eyes are firmly mounted on mine, not breaking eye contact for a second. I’m all of a sudden very acutely aware that we’re nonetheless holding palms lengthy after is socially acceptable.

“You too,” I say breathlessly, confused by how my face and physique is reacting to this good-looking stranger. Why is my face betraying me in such a approach at the moment?

“Are you anticipating somebody?” he asks, nodding in the direction of my cellphone and at last releasing my hand – I miss the contact instantly. “I don’t wish to preserve you.”

“No! Simply my groceries,” I reply shortly, not wanting him to go away. Then, as if I can’t cease my mouth from transferring, I say, “I’m attempting out a brand new recipe for my followers tonight. Sorry, the place are my manners? Please! Are available in!”

“Followers?” Michael says, strolling into my condo, an eyebrow raised in curiosity as his eyes sweep over my whole physique. “Are you an influencer?”

“One thing like that,” I blush once more, feeling heat below his gaze. What’s up with that? “I’ve a weblog.”

“A weblog?” he says, real curiosity in his tone. “I’ve a cousin who blogs, really. Don’t ask me about what although. She has advised me but it surely’s slipped my reminiscence.”

Is he blushing?

“Effectively,” I say, hoping he might keep a bit of longer, “If in case you have time now, I can let you know about it whereas I prepare dinner.”

“I’d like to. I’m positive this isn’t one thing I’m prone to neglect in a rush.” He gazes down at me, neither one in all us breaking eye contact, then his beautiful face breaks right into a reassuring but devilishly good-looking grin making me really feel comfy, but utterly flustered on the similar time.

Rattling. Focus lady. Okay, again to cooking. The place was I….?

“Okay, nice,” I say, main him into the kitchen, smiling till my face hurts. I open a kitchen cabinet and a number of other pots and pans fall out and onto the ground throughout us. “Oh shit. Sorry…I imply…this doesn’t normally occur. I’m usually a bit of bit extra organized and fewer flustered than this.”

Micheal’s giggle comes via loud and deep as he kneels down and begins serving to me choose up the pans, “Don’t fear, it occurs to the perfect of us. Even professional’s like your self.” He seems at me with a suggestive smirk and I ponder whether he is aware of precisely what he’s doing to me.

“Effectively, that’s pushing it a bit of” I snort, immediately regretting shopping for so many pans. I catch a glimpse of my reflection in one of many aluminum pans and likewise remorse not carrying any make-up at the moment. I make a psychological word to begin placing make-up on once more each morning any more. My gaze then lingers on his shapely ass while he picks up the final pan.

Good lord.

“You okay?” he says, breaking me out of my trance.

“I’m effective!” I reply, my voice embarrassingly excessive pitched. “Uh, proper let’s get began.”

I begin grabbing some substances to arrange, so I can present Michael what I’m able to – as my first customer, since my world was turned utterly the other way up, I’m all of a sudden feeling able to impress.

Chapter Three

Michael

Since I first noticed Sabrina on my display two months in the past, I made a vow to myself that I might shield her via no matter means vital. So, I made a couple of calls and made positive I added myself to her safety workforce. Defending Sabrina has change into considerably of a precedence for me recently. Name me loopy, however I really feel like if I don’t do that for her then I’m not doing my job. Extra importantly, I can’t threat shedding this lady earlier than I’ve even had the prospect to indicate her the kind of man I will be to her.

So clearly I’ve already seen the kitchen many instances, via the cameras, however I nonetheless present an curiosity in each single equipment Sabrina reveals me. She talks about every of them like she’s sharing essentially the most valuable elements of herself with me. One thing in my intestine tells me that’s precisely what she’s doing.

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