Chapter 212: Where The Curtains Draped

Our eyes connected, and my pulse raced. Even as the crowd passed us by, she didn’t seem one bit distracted. I was held within her pinnacle of attention, and I don’t want to be anything less.

I stood in plain sight, where the curtains draped, my back leaning against the wall, and my arms folded. Yet, my entire existence howled at me to close the distance.