The young woman dashed through the crowd of city dwellers clogging the sidewalks. She was dodging those blocking her path, but not enough to avoid them. No one liked it when she inadvertently hit them with an arm or a shoulder on her way by. Their nasty looks and angry words didn’t faze her one bit.
The Starbucks she ran from was half a block away by the time she lifted her arm and used the sleeve of her jacket to wipe away the tears streaming down her cheeks. Her momentum faltered, and she stopped dead in her tracks in an attempt to collect herself. But someone else’s arm slammed into her side with enough force to topple her over.
Her body arched sideways to fall, and she did before the man who hit her moved with lightning speed to catch her. His strong arms wrapped around her waist in an embrace, for the briefest of seconds before he pulled back from her, steadying them both on the sidewalk.
He pulled her back up to her feet effortlessly. Both of them remained in the middle of the sidewalk. Due to their encounter, they stared into each other’s eyes, neither sure what words would defuse the situation. Angry walkers still wandered about around them, grumbling and cursing them for taking up much of the walkway.
The man stared at her long enough to see that the woman’s light blue eyes were puffy from crying, and that her cheeks were still streaked with tears. More tears continued to stream as they stared at each other, and she was too stunned to back away.
Realizing that he had noticed her distress, she mumbled an apology before turning and fleeing in the same direction as before. Away from him.
He remained standing on the sidewalk, knowing that something more was off about the woman than just her distress. For a moment he only walked, but then he followed.
Anita Williams thought as she walked away from the encounter; that the man looked like no one else she’d seen before. Not that he was attractive- he was, a little. He had dark hair and eyes. That didn’t matter to her.
But in the brief glimpse she had of him, she noticed that there was something about him that seemed off. The intense feelings she experienced while gazing at him during her suspended fall were unlike anything she ever felt before.
She couldn’t quite place what she felt, either.
Awe?
Confusion?
Perhaps a sense that combined both, but its name escaped her; if it had a name at all. She wanted to know why she felt this way.
With more consideration, she realized it was his arms that she noticed. When they were wrapped around her for the briefest of time, she felt how muscular they were. Anita had been with many muscular men in her life, and still she’d seen nothing like it. Felt nothing like that before- never thought it was even possible.
Once he’d let her go, she couldn’t help but glance at his arms. They were covered with a sleek leather jacket. Beneath that, his muscles pressed hard against the expensive fabric. They were incredibly eye catching and visible. Her thoughts were quickly taken from that track, however, when she swore, she heard her now ex-boyfriend calling her from behind.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.....)
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