“Well, if you are busy, I can always come back?” I offer, not wanting to get in the way. “Later or tomorrow.”
“No, stay, please.” She smiles widely at me. “I have made my brain ache with all of it anyway. Plus, I’ve started cooking and I have done far too much food for one person. I wanted you to come back.” She shrugs her shoulders and giggles. “I’ve been waiting all day for you to return,” she finishes honestly and openly.
“That is an offer that I can’t refuse. But is there anything that I can do for you in the meantime?”
“I was actually hoping that you would stack my bookshelf for me while I finish up cooking. Only, I haven’t had a chance all day and only you would understand how much of an important job this is. I couldn’t trust anyone else.”
A surge of heat rushes through me. This is just another reminder of our intense connection. The fact that Serena knows that she can trust me with such an important task means so much, so I know that I will get it right. I will put all of myself into it and organize the books just as I would do it for myself. I know that way, she’ll like it.
“Will do, boss.” I make a mock salute. “Feel free to yell at me if I do anything wrong.”
There is a sense of pride as I get to work, setting up the books in a way that makes me smile. I might be exhausted from the office, but I still have the urge to get this done perfectly for Serena. The smiles that she keeps shooting me from the kitchen are urging me along as well, filling me with happiness with every passing second.
This feels like fate. Serena moving in next door to me feels like the universe is giving me a sign, and it’s one that I refuse to ignore. I’m going to get rid of all my past worries. Molly will be behind me forever more now. What she did to me is a one off. Now, I am all about Serena and making her as happy as she can be…starting with tonight. I will give her a passionate night that she is never going to forget…
Chapter 5 – Serena
I could spend more time reading and learning all about my new job which I am due to start tomorrow morning, I could also finish up unpacking my stuff, but why would I want to do all that when I can have another incredible night with this man? Will is so intoxicating, so addictive, that everything else simply melts into the background.
“I hope you like spicy food,” I call over to him where he is still working hard on getting my book shelf right. “I didn’t think to ask you before I started cooking, but because I like it… well, I thought that you might too.”
“You’re in luck.” He grins from ear to ear. “I do love spicy food, so me and you will get along well.”
I knew it, I just knew it. Me and Will…. well, we just have something, don’t we? We share so much, it’s utterly thrilling. To be honest, I was a little bit glad when he got called in to work, only because I thought that it would be good for me to get my head screwed on, to think a little clearer about me and him and what we’re doing. He gives me such a heady headrush that I forget any sensibilities along the way. I’m acutely aware that I’ve been caught up in the romance, in the fairy tale of being the damsel in distress, rescued by the hero, so much so that I lost my virginity without thinking too much about it. I thought that the time apart might prevent that…
But it didn’t. Throughout the day I have grown increasingly excited, I’ve fallen deeper in to the fairy tale and I never want it to end. As soon as I came to that revelation, I’ve been happily waiting his return, and now he’s here and everything is absolutely perfect. I am already looking forward to one of the best nights of my life and it hasn’t even begun yet.
“Come here a moment,” I call out, just wanting him to be close to me. “I want you to taste this.”
He does as I command and I get to hold his chin while I spoon some of the sauce between his delicious lips. It’s oddly erotic. I never thought that feeding another person could be so sexy, but with Will, it is. There is just something about him, about his breath on my hand and his sexy body so close to mine, which makes my heart thump. I almost make the first step and lean in to kiss him, just because I’m so caught up in the moment. But still, I’m not quite that brave yet. I’m getting there though. With every single moment that I’m around Will, my confidence is soaring high.