“Keira”
“Yes?” I replied softly and turned to find his outstretched hand waiting for me.
“Let me feed you.” He ordered and nodded back down to his hand making me hesitate no longer before taking it. He hauled me up and then had to steady me with his hand at my waist due to his strength that made me fall into him. Was that on purpose? I pulled back and then said,
“Alright hunter man, feed me,” in a teasing tone. He laughed once and then replied with a sweet…
“With pleasure, my little blonde bear.”
Chapter 11
Broken Time Shattered
The rest of the day continued on in some kind of euphoric blur that only broke when someone would need me to scan a book or do a search on the computer screen in front of me. I would have liked to have blamed it on the late night but that would have been the biggest load of BS to enter my mind this year! No, it was all down to one man and shamefully I wasn’t talking about my current boyfriend.
I felt so conflicted but more than anything else, just downright confused. I knew better than most the painful reality that Draven and I could never be together again, not in that way. But that didn’t mean that the love you hold on to just disappears with the first sight of clarity. And evidently it also didn’t mean that you stopped obsessing about them at your place of work, after waking up to find their arms around you!
I shook my head and tried in vain to concentrate on anything other than a particular someone with the initials double D. In theory this was a good plan, however in actual Keira lifetime drama, not so much. Well this was what you get for thinking your life boring for the last ten months, dumb ass! I thought scolding myself and banging my head on top of a stack of books.
“You know, I don’t think that’s part of your job description.” On hearing that particular voice I think I actually groaned ‘why me’ into the books I had attractively face planted.
“Unless of course it helps to get the job done,” he added with a barely contained chuckle at my expense. Not that I minded of course, as it was worth making a fool of myself just to hear that deep and attractive sound vibrating from that muscle bound chest.
“Uh…what are you doing h…?” My question ended as the pile of books I had been using to hide my shame crashed to the floor, echoing around the large space. Of course causing a loud ruckus in a silent and crowded Library wasn’t exactly the best way of hiding anything, let alone my shame…which also brought lots of notice to the living God that was now stood before me.
Every eye in the building had now turned to witness Draven grinning down at me as I fumbled around holding onto the few books I had caught, with my legs bent at a funny angle.
“Need help with that?” He asked biting his bottom lip again to hold in his laughter. Damn him but he was right, doing that just made you zone right in on a person’s lips. I think it was about time I tried to break that bad habit of mine, because it was downright distracting. But then to be honest, this was Draven after all. I mean if the man had been doing something creepy and cheesy like flipping over a cocktail stick with his tongue then it would have been drool worthy!
“No, no, I’m good,” I mumbled quickly dumping them on the reception counter before bending over to pick up the rest. I could only hope that the blood rushing to my cheeks had moved on by the time I looked back up at Draven.
“You alright down there?” Draven asked and was clearly enjoying himself if the amusement in his voice was anything to go by. I was taking my time trying to calm myself and regain some cool composure for when I faced him again. ‘You can do this’ I mouthed the words on bent knees before taking a deep breath, feeling somewhat better…well, that was until I stood up again and banged my head on the lip of the counter!
“Oww!” I moaned, holding the top of my head with one hand and taking an unsteady step backwards.
“Whoa there, easy now.” Draven said as he was suddenly on my side of reception and pulling my hands down so he could take over my care. What had he done, vaulted over the counter in front of everyone?!
“And you call me smooth…” He laughed softly as he tilted up my head to get a better look at my forehead.
“…Are you feeling faint?” I shook my head as much as his hold would let me and then said,
“I’m fine, just the usual case of the clumsy Keira syndrome.”
“Is it weird to say I kind of miss your clumsiness?” He asked making me laugh nervously.
“A bit, yeah…why I have no clue though.” This turned out to be a bad thing to say if my sanity was anything to go by. He leaned down to my ear and once again gave me his hypnotic velvet voice.