he blinds and casting a warm glow on her face. She stretched her arms abo

contract ex-husband. She sighed and reached for her cell phone on t

he muttered to herself. "I don't

ent to take in her surroundings. It had been two years since she had last been

herself. As she rummaged through the cupboards, she came across a familiar mug and smil

out the window and saw a moving truck parked in front of the bu

oor to her apartment to get a better look. She saw two men fro

she called

e you up. We're just

ized. "I'm sorry if we disturbed you, m

e couldn't help but feel a sense of amusement. It was almost like a scene

ee a man standing behind her. He had blond hair and blue eyes,

d, extending his hand. "I'm

to be stroking her hand in a strange way, not like a normal handshake

?" Henry asked, his eyes

still feeling a bit flustered. "I

ing. "Well, it's nice to meet

to the plastic bag he was holding and pull

is," he said, handing it to

eechless. She couldn't believe that such a handsome man had

men seemed to appear so easily in her life. She had just gotten out of a contr

er head and sm

n. She had just gotten out of a contract marriage with Edward, and now here

e was just being paranoid. She had always been a bit of a ro

p sigh. She couldn't help but think about the strange encounter with Henry. She had just gotten out of a cont

m about him that she found irresistible. Maybe it was the way he smil

on on and quickly got up to turn it off. But as she rea

r, a sheepish grin on his face. He was holding a small bouqu

id. "I just wanted to apologize for earlie

ment. She hadn't even realized that she had

sound more confident than she felt.

thought maybe we could have a drink and get to know eac

what to do. She didn't want to lead Henry

she said, smili

r and a woman were having sex, and the woman was shirtless. Sophie felt her cheeks flus

"Wow, that's quite a scene," he said

'm so sorry," she said, fumbling with the

een worse. But I should probably let you get b

ppointment. She wasn't sure what she wanted, bu

der what the future held. She had just started a n

ter beneath her. She could still smell the faint scent of H

would be better than