Cardew wrapped me in the transparently silvery haze of his admiring gaze and pulled me a bit closer to him, his hand gliding down my back while his stare was fondling my featured, then he half-closed his eyes, and his chin descended, lips departed at almost no distance from mine...
Having reassured myself that he had relaxed and wasn’t suspecting a thing, I – with a single lightning-speed attack – broke free from his loose hug, and when he came to his senses a second later, I was smiling angelically to him from two metres or so away, playing innocent and too occupied with exploring the rose bouquet in the thickening darkness.
I wasn’t sure what Cardew would do when he realized that he had got caught in my trap, but – rather entertained by my feint – which I had been too tempted to sabotage myself – he just laughed it away and kept on walking beside me as if nothing unusual had happened.
“One point for you,” he admitted with a generous smile. “You would have never managed to do it if you weren’t so distractingly beautiful –”
“Then you wouldn’t have been so willing to kiss me either,” I was quick to remark. “You didn’t really think it would be that easy, did you?”
“No, but it was worth the try,” Cardew chuckled, and then added in an attempt to render me guilty, “I thought that you liked me –”
“Oh, a manipulator?” I exclaimed with amused mock-sympathy, and laughed aloud, and he didn’t resist to chuckling either. “That makes me like you even more, just that it doesn’t change the circumstances.”
“You want to be the one who defines the rules, don’t you?” the boy teased and I shrugged innocently, noticing that he was finding this striving of mine rather attractive.
“I just want to check if I can. I’d love to try to tame you –” I giggled at the mischievous smile playing on his lips; joking with him and making him guess the hidden meanings behind my hints was giving me true pleasure. “And I would simply adore it if you turn out untamable –”
Cardew’s brow rose in a challenge and I narrowed my eyes to indicate that I wasn’t giving up either.
“If you so much insist on trying –” he drawled with a movement aimed to drag me closer. “I’m not so much against it –”
“Dreamer!” I repeated again with laughter and walked at a bit larger distance from him.
“Told you, lovely,” he gave me a wink without getting embarrassed. “Dreams do come true –”
And, this time judging by my own instincts, I couldn’t deny he was right.
“I live there,” Cardew pointed in one direction and I raised my head to follow his stare with mine: he was showing me one of the many houses in the nice neighbourhood starting just where the park was ending.
“You rented a whole house alone?” I knitted my brows with surprise. “Because I guess you live by yourself.”
“Completely alone,” he thrust his hands in his pockets and smiled carelessly. “And the house is mine, I bought it some months ago.”
“You must have been serious about studying here,” I supposed and he just shrugged.
“Actually it was the other way round,” his answer was passionless. “I got what I inherited and decided to move to another town – I liked it here, so I bought a house and stayed for a while.”
“Just like that?” I was a bit taken aback.
He smiled confidently. “So what? The decision was
Having reassured myself that he had relaxed and wasn’t suspecting a thing, I – with a single lightning-speed attack – broke free from his loose hug, and when he came to his senses a second later, I was smiling angelically to him from two metres or so away, playing innocent and too occupied with exploring the rose bouquet in the thickening darkness.
I wasn’t sure what Cardew would do when he realized that he had got caught in my trap, but – rather entertained by my feint – which I had been too tempted to sabotage myself – he just laughed it away and kept on walking beside me as if nothing unusual had happened.
“One point for you,” he admitted with a generous smile. “You would have never managed to do it if you weren’t so distractingly beautiful –”
“Then you wouldn’t have been so willing to kiss me either,” I was quick to remark. “You didn’t really think it would be that easy, did you?”
“No, but it was worth the try,” Cardew chuckled, and then added in an attempt to render me guilty, “I thought that you liked me –”
“Oh, a manipulator?” I exclaimed with amused mock-sympathy, and laughed aloud, and he didn’t resist to chuckling either. “That makes me like you even more, just that it doesn’t change the circumstances.”
“You want to be the one who defines the rules, don’t you?” the boy teased and I shrugged innocently, noticing that he was finding this striving of mine rather attractive.
“I just want to check if I can. I’d love to try to tame you –” I giggled at the mischievous smile playing on his lips; joking with him and making him guess the hidden meanings behind my hints was giving me true pleasure. “And I would simply adore it if you turn out untamable –”
Cardew’s brow rose in a challenge and I narrowed my eyes to indicate that I wasn’t giving up either.
“If you so much insist on trying –” he drawled with a movement aimed to drag me closer. “I’m not so much against it –”
“Dreamer!” I repeated again with laughter and walked at a bit larger distance from him.
“Told you, lovely,” he gave me a wink without getting embarrassed. “Dreams do come true –”
And, this time judging by my own instincts, I couldn’t deny he was right.
“I live there,” Cardew pointed in one direction and I raised my head to follow his stare with mine: he was showing me one of the many houses in the nice neighbourhood starting just where the park was ending.
“You rented a whole house alone?” I knitted my brows with surprise. “Because I guess you live by yourself.”
“Completely alone,” he thrust his hands in his pockets and smiled carelessly. “And the house is mine, I bought it some months ago.”
“You must have been serious about studying here,” I supposed and he just shrugged.
“Actually it was the other way round,” his answer was passionless. “I got what I inherited and decided to move to another town – I liked it here, so I bought a house and stayed for a while.”
“Just like that?” I was a bit taken aback.
He smiled confidently. “So what? The decision was
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