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her arm in the alley wasn’t the only thing that told her that. Now they were in the light, she could see how well toned his arms were, his tight t-shirt emphasizing them to her. She stopped dead when she reached the top of the stairs, her breathing becoming erratic as her fears pounded down on her. In her eyes, he seemed to move in slow motion. He carried on walking for a few meters and then turned to look at her, his brows meeting in a frown, causing the lines of his face to become hard. His eyes moved over her slowly and came to settle on her face. When she met them with her own, she was fascinated by the rapid change of his expression. The lines of his face softened, his brows rose questioningly and his eyes seemed to draw her in. They twinkled at her, clearly expressing what he was thinking.
    “You alright?” he said.
    She wondered why he’d bothered putting words behind his thoughts. She felt as though she could just stay there, locked in his eyes, and read everything he wanted to say to her.
    She didn’t answer; she just absorbed the sight of him now that she could see him properly for the first time.
    In the harsh sodium light of the hallway, her eyes wandered over him. They delighted in roaming down his biceps and strong forearms to the large hands that he’d placed on her, twice. Raking her gaze back up to his face, she felt something flutter inside her as he tilted his head to one side as though he was trying to figure her out.
    The overhead lights caused shadows to play in the hollows of his cheeks, and her eyes came to rest on them before they moved down to his mouth, taking in the tempting fullness of his lower lip. Feeling conscious of his eyes on her, she raised hers up to meet his again. In an instant, she was lost in them. They were deep whirlpools of purest blue that had a power over her she’d never experienced before. Her breathing fell into synchronization with the rise and fall of his chest, and her emotions hitched in her throat.
    Cain cocked his head to one side as he looked at her. It wasn’t like it was the first time a girl had openly checked him out, he just hadn’t expected it from someone so young and innocent looking as her. His eyes wandered their course over her face. Now that she was standing in the light, he couldn’t believe how pretty she was. Her bright green eyes sparkled into his and his whole body warmed under her gaze. Moving his eyes away from hers in an effort to avoid the feelings that she was stirring in him, they took to roaming over the soft, peachy roundness of her cheek down to the delicious curve of her mouth.
    Eyes unblinking, he ran them down her shoulder length blonde hair and over her small, plump breasts to her slim, curvaceous waist. From there, they roamed over the full swell of her hips and down her long legs to her feet. He noticed for the first time that she was wearing heels, her toes exposed to the elements. The sight of her cold feet caused him to snap out of his reverie and his eyes darted back up to her face. He was trapped in her eyes again as she smiled awkwardly, making him wonder if she could feel the tension between them as clearly as he could. He took in the whole of her face one more time, watching as her cheeks flushed pink under his scrutiny.
    “I’m fine.” Lily finally responded and took a step towards him. Her knees felt as though they had turned to jelly under the intensity of his gaze and suddenly she didn’t want to leave. Suddenly, staying near this man seemed perfectly reasonable.
    He pursed his lips as he stared at her a moment longer and then moved towards his apartment door. Turning the key in the lock, he pushed the door open and walked in. Lily followed him and watched as he walked over to another door, seemingly checked it was locked and then promptly dropped every blind in the room. He disappeared into another room, and when he returned, he had a cigarette balanced on his lower lip.
    Her eyes followed the movement of his