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He stops in front of me, and I tip my head back and look up Was he this tall before? I don’t reot to be six feet, possibly taller

"Hey," I say softly, taking hi man, there’s absolutely no doubt about it He has a tall, dark, and handso on The complete opposite of Michael Roman’s hair is thick, dark, and cropped fairly short on his head, but still long enough that you could grab hold of it He has these incredible eyes--I noticed them when I first met him They stood out They’re beautiful Brown and framed with thick lashes He looks like he has Italian in hi He’s a looker

He also s

I don’t knohy I notice that, but he does Some men have unique smells, he’s one of them It’s hard to stand next to hiht it was you," he says His voice is sexy, not too deep, but smooth and masculine "How are you?"

I blink, and then smile "I’m okay How are you?"

His eyes to flash with a familiar kind of pain It seems familiar because I’ve seen the same pain flash in my eyes when I look into the htly "How’s everything been going? Are you still working down at the local restaurant?"

I nod "Yeah, still working there while I study How about you?"

"Yeah, still working away"

His brown eyes scan overpasses overabout hiood It radiates off of him Sometimes you ood and you can’t figure out why He’s one of those people

"That sucks," I say "You should come past the restaurant sometime We’ll catch up"

He sood Here’s ood to see you, Molly It’ll be good to catch up"

I prograive him the best smile I can muster up "You, too Talk soon?"

He nods, studies me once o and then stare down at my phone where his nu and tucks away is probably not the wisest idea, but it’s the only one I have right now

I duck in and get what I need, then I carry it quickly back to lance atfro It’s as if he just forgot about me It’s as if he just decided he was done and that’s that He can’t even call Not even just to ask if I’m okay Is it really that hard to check on soer bubbles in my chest, and I start the drive back to ot it for me when I wanted to move out He made sure it was near him so he could keep an eye on me There are only a handful of houses out there, maybe ten or so, and they’re all spread out It’s a really nice area, quiet and co out of his car and walking towards the front door of a house just up the road from mine I smile and shake my head I can’t believe he lives that close and I never saw him before Was I that distracted? When I pull into my driveway, I pull out e? Yeah I totally should I’m sure he’ll find the funny side

M – I didn’t know you lived on Bates road! I live on Sheridan road, just around the corner We’re practically neighbours