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For as long as I could remember, I had always been nervous I was nervous about work, nervous about relationships with friends, and nervous in coe of 24 I was finally in a position to say that I had made it I had been offered a job as a librarian and I was finally surrounded by what I loved; books It was one away I was scared ofsome silly mistake that would shun me from my dream career This forced me to take cautious decisions, which carried on intoproperly from all of the stress, so rab soht

As I wandered down the dairy isle, my worries came back to me as I recalled the interactions I had had with my coworkers at the library today I knew that I was overthinking the situation, but I couldn’t justify that to myself I felt extremely self-conscious of the way I had tried to make small talk with them I wondered how they viewed me and whether they would ever considerdown the isle, I stopped to pick up a 2L carton of 2 milk As I reached for it, my hand slipped and the milk carton crashed to the floor The crea durabbed some napkins from my purse and bent down to try to clean the rocery store

Out of nowhere, 2 feet dressed in expensive dress shoes stopped in front of me My eyes cli blue eyes

“Looks like you could use a hand there,” he said as he crouched down to help me

He gently reached for some of the napkins I had in my hand; as an immediate and protective response, I clenched the pile of napkins and pulledlow, revealing ht of his stare lower towards my breasts I sat up and handed him some of the napkins I took ain front of me He was tall, had chestnut brown hair, a chiselled jaw line and ivory skin Frole, I’ that was chiselled, but it was hard to tell what details would be revealed if he were to take off his suit

“Yeah! I would love some help! I’m such a klutz… I responded with pursed lips

I proceeded to lean over revealing the cleavage of ain and handed him some of the napkins He ave me a devilish smirk accompanied by a raised eyebrow I blushed at the attention he was giving ers stopped to offer help, let alone hit on me

Although this uy I would be interested in, so deep inside drewue I had never been this attracted to someone so quickly To avoid coue, at least in regards to race and class Keisha had always disapproved of the men I went for and told me that I could do better; in other words, she toldfor men that didn’t deserveself-confidence I grew up in an area of Los Angeles that was dominated by a Caucasian culture I was constantly teased by the popular girls in h school aboutlasting friendships, until I had hbourhood We had hit it off instantly and as soon as we graduated, we h to be accepted into the sa her was a lifesaver and I knew that she only had my best interests in mind Keisha had pleaded with me numerous ti, but I was too coot along great, but in a friendly type of way I never had any lust or ros for hi to We could sit on the couch all day and have a h his new favourite video gaet me back after I dumped him the previous summer Obviously, the relationship we had shared meant more to him than it had to me

I looked up at theht about what Keisha would tell irl! You got this!”

The aze once more

“You know, I haven’t seen you here before, are you new to town?“ He said

“Oh, no no… if you want to know the truth I’m a terrible chef Most of et lucky my roommate will cook for me sometimes”

“I don’t want to sound rash and pushy, but you are one of the irls I have ever seen! I rab a coffee with me sometime?” He asked

“Uh that! I don’t even know your name At this point in tirocery store that helpedmess!” I responded

“Don’t worry about it, it’s a pleasure It’s very rare that I get to help a damsel in distress My name is James by the way And you are…?”

“My nah, I’m very flattered in your interest but this isn’t the best time for me I just started a new job at the City library and I have a little too ht now”

I watched Jao from a sultry smirk to a disappointed frown I would hav

e loved to say yes to him but I already had too much on my plate ork My mom always toldon a date with James would only make my life more stressful

“I understand It was a pleasure to ain” Replied Ja eye contact

He stood up, winked at me and turned his back to me As he walked away, my eyes diverted south and I couldn’t resistphysique His charcoal grey suit fit him perfectly across his broad shoulders and it streaht waist His hands had retracted to his the pockets of his trousers, pulling the wool of the suit tight across his ass I could almost make out theaway

I couldn’t wait to get ho with Ja in a hurry As the cashier scanned the iteirl standing at the register grabbed my hand

“Oh, don’t worry! These groceries have already been paid for,” she said

I knew exactly what had happened and frankly I was a little annoyed that Jahis phone nuht torather than stopping to ponder whether to buy brand narief AND I would have caught hied my mind Who cares what my mother would say Maybe he could make this new stressful job better for me somehow… He could definitely relieve so since I had started my new career I did need souy to spend it with

“Thank you very rabbed the receipt out of the cashier’s hands

My apartrocery store but I couldn’t wait to talk to Keisha about James and I practically ran I made the trip in half the time it usually took me I practically ran to the front door I hurriedly jus on the floor as soon as I walked in the front door Keisha was sitting on the couch looking at me dumbfounded

“Woah sister What the hell happened to you?!” Keisha excitedly asked