called as she beat e
feet over to his busy mother in the kitchen. She had
DVD to someone." She was bustling
tream it over?"
sweety, not a
ther had caught him streaming a leake
s resistance. "It's just videos of a programme I launched some time
ed and rolled his eyes,
ear, I'm
's the
illness. Until that kid's hale and hearty, Cara's not leaving home. R
relative nearby to look after her other than Carol, her parents having died years ago. But her recovery, li
stream it; it's eas
and play. And just in case she's forgotten, what she's looking for is the second and third videos.
is thoughts. Not that she was a psychologist, but she certainly had a way of reading his next move an
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settlement from her recent divorce, but rather an inheritance from her late grandfather who was a successful business mogul during his lifetime. The divorce itself got her the house and an unknown amount of money along with custody
at confidence fell apart as the door was suddenly opened before h
r small voice. "Your mom s
pening of the door. She closed it behind him and walked to where he was standing. Even with the tired face and no make-up, Lance t
d and awkwardly presented the DVD to Cara. "S
ember. Than
ook at Cara's face and he was searching his mind, trying to come up with something sen
trying to sound confident and findi
doing bette
nk I.. I have
h, s
ide enough for him to pass through and
I forgot, she's on holidays. Well, if you
ur
able after all. Up until then, he had thought that she had been staring at him and laughing inwardly at his childish nervousness. Since that wasn't
ool of himself, he decided to go straight home. Going back to knock on the door again and ask about her welfare was outright funny and too daring to be attempted. He had don
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welcoming him in to his exit, but it felt like a decade. All the while, she had wanted him to go, but at the same
e wished to cradle it in her hands and run her fingers through that sandy blonde hair. His dreamy blue eyes
ntact, and the first few times she had seen him since then, she had always avoided touching him or looking into his eyes. She could never trust herself to resist the beauty and innocence she would find in there. The feeling was nameless to her. It w