ready?”
“I’ll just visit the little girl’s room then I’ll be ready.” She told him as she got up from the table and turned towards the direction of the toilets at the back of the restaurant.
Cassie kept her head firmly down as she walked past the raised galley. She didn’t want Luke to spot her. Adam had been joking. Luke was probably none the wiser that she was here. And that suited her just fine.
She did not fancy another run in with the man, and as for Adam’s comment about Luke enjoying himself watching her well. Adam was just trying to get a reaction out of her. He was like that sometimes.
However, Cassie found herself unable to stop herself casting a quick discreet look over in his direction briefly. He was not looking in her direction, see Adam was just teasing her.
She breathed a sigh of relief. She didn’t want to be drawn into any more altercations tonight especially not at this restaurant. She would never be able to show her face in here again.
After doing what needed to be done in the little girl’s room. Cassie washed and dried her hands and ran a hand through her hair which she had worn down. Mainly because she had been too tired and too lazy to bother with styling it.
It had been a long day and she wasn’t wonder woman. She wasn’t even organised woman today. More like haphazard woman. She took in a breath to steady her nerves and turned to open the door.
Cassie made her way back towards the table where Adam and she had been sitting at for the past hour or so. Keeping her head bent so as not to warrant the attention of Luke Pearson.
Keeping her eyes fixed on the table Adam still sat at she picked up her pace. She wanted to go home and go to sleep. It had been a trying and tiring day.
She had just cleared the first entrance to the galley and was making her way round to the other side when Cassie felt her foot snag on something and she tripped.
She cried out in alarm and tried to correct her balance when suddenly warm hands curled around her upper arms and she found her face alarmingly close to a large hard chest. The woody spicy notes of aftershave hit her senses.
It was a familiar scent, not just the smell of the aftershave. It was the musky scent of the man himself that was familiar. Her body recognising it immediately and responding to it as if it had a life of its own.
Cassie did not need to look up to know whose broad hard chest her hands were resting on. She had been here before.
She could feel his breath on her forehead and could hear his heartbeat, if that were even possible.
Chapter 12.
“Sorry.” She managed to mumble sometime later as she looked up straight into laughing blue eyes. Her mouth went dry and she shuddered as Luke Pearson looked down at her.
He was far too close for comfort. She tried to command herself to move away from him, to put some distance between them. But, Cassie was unable to move. Her body not listening to her mind and so she stood there with her hands flayed on his chest and looking up into his eyes.
The silence stretched out between them and Cassie wasn’t sure what to do. She could feel high spots of colour forming on her cheeks under the scrutiny of his piercing gaze. She mentally tried to give herself a shake.
She needed to do something instead of standing here like a dummy with his hands still on her upper arms. The heat from his body warming her at an alarming rate.
“It was entirely my fault. I should have been looking where I was going.” Luke’s warm deep, sultry voice raked across her nerves and a delicious tingle ran down her spine.
“I...” her voice trailed off. She had to snap out of her daze. She realised that she was making a complete fool of herself.
It wasn’t as if Faye had done enough damage to her image. Cassie herself was making it so much worse.
“Are you okay?” Luke asked her as his eyes searched her face. Luke was being nice to her. Actually being nice.
He even looked concerned but then of course
“I’ll just visit the little girl’s room then I’ll be ready.” She told him as she got up from the table and turned towards the direction of the toilets at the back of the restaurant.
Cassie kept her head firmly down as she walked past the raised galley. She didn’t want Luke to spot her. Adam had been joking. Luke was probably none the wiser that she was here. And that suited her just fine.
She did not fancy another run in with the man, and as for Adam’s comment about Luke enjoying himself watching her well. Adam was just trying to get a reaction out of her. He was like that sometimes.
However, Cassie found herself unable to stop herself casting a quick discreet look over in his direction briefly. He was not looking in her direction, see Adam was just teasing her.
She breathed a sigh of relief. She didn’t want to be drawn into any more altercations tonight especially not at this restaurant. She would never be able to show her face in here again.
After doing what needed to be done in the little girl’s room. Cassie washed and dried her hands and ran a hand through her hair which she had worn down. Mainly because she had been too tired and too lazy to bother with styling it.
It had been a long day and she wasn’t wonder woman. She wasn’t even organised woman today. More like haphazard woman. She took in a breath to steady her nerves and turned to open the door.
Cassie made her way back towards the table where Adam and she had been sitting at for the past hour or so. Keeping her head bent so as not to warrant the attention of Luke Pearson.
Keeping her eyes fixed on the table Adam still sat at she picked up her pace. She wanted to go home and go to sleep. It had been a trying and tiring day.
She had just cleared the first entrance to the galley and was making her way round to the other side when Cassie felt her foot snag on something and she tripped.
She cried out in alarm and tried to correct her balance when suddenly warm hands curled around her upper arms and she found her face alarmingly close to a large hard chest. The woody spicy notes of aftershave hit her senses.
It was a familiar scent, not just the smell of the aftershave. It was the musky scent of the man himself that was familiar. Her body recognising it immediately and responding to it as if it had a life of its own.
Cassie did not need to look up to know whose broad hard chest her hands were resting on. She had been here before.
She could feel his breath on her forehead and could hear his heartbeat, if that were even possible.
Chapter 12.
“Sorry.” She managed to mumble sometime later as she looked up straight into laughing blue eyes. Her mouth went dry and she shuddered as Luke Pearson looked down at her.
He was far too close for comfort. She tried to command herself to move away from him, to put some distance between them. But, Cassie was unable to move. Her body not listening to her mind and so she stood there with her hands flayed on his chest and looking up into his eyes.
The silence stretched out between them and Cassie wasn’t sure what to do. She could feel high spots of colour forming on her cheeks under the scrutiny of his piercing gaze. She mentally tried to give herself a shake.
She needed to do something instead of standing here like a dummy with his hands still on her upper arms. The heat from his body warming her at an alarming rate.
“It was entirely my fault. I should have been looking where I was going.” Luke’s warm deep, sultry voice raked across her nerves and a delicious tingle ran down her spine.
“I...” her voice trailed off. She had to snap out of her daze. She realised that she was making a complete fool of herself.
It wasn’t as if Faye had done enough damage to her image. Cassie herself was making it so much worse.
“Are you okay?” Luke asked her as his eyes searched her face. Luke was being nice to her. Actually being nice.
He even looked concerned but then of course
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