A blonde pushing a cart caught his attention. He only saw
the back of her, but the view he got knocked him for a loop. Heart
shaped ass, pale blonde hair grazing the middle of her back and the
longest legs. She stopped at the main desk and spoke to one of the
male workers, then added more books to the cart. When she turned,
the breath wrenched from Sam’s chest. Green eyes and a smile
guaranteed to melt his heart.
The woman rolled her eyes at the guy behind the counter and
shook her head. Before he could make another move, she stomped away
from him.
Good for her. Sam flattened the paper on the table. He’d
keep an eye on her. Something about the man at the information desk
rankled him. He glanced down at the paper every so often, but didn’t
read a word on the page. She captivated him.
A thought occurred to him. Why the hell was he watching her
when he could be talking to her? He refolded the newspaper and stood
and returned it to the proper shelf. Courage wasn’t his issue,
still, he shored himself up in case she told him to get lost.
“Excuse me? I’m looking for a book.” Shit. On what? “Serial
killers.” Great way to win over a woman.
She smiled and inched the cart out of the way. “Those are
over here in this aisle.” She waved her hand and led him to the
proper area of the library. “Do you have any particular person in
mind?”
“You,” he blurted. Christ. Talk about fucking smooth. “I
mean…”
“You’re direct.”
“It happens.”
“I’ve heard a lot of come-ons here. But that one was a
first.” She held out her hand. “I’m Emma. Any guy who is trying so
hard not to sound silly and still ask me out deserves a chance. I go
on break in fifteen
minutes. Want to come along?”
“Yeah.”
“Cool. Now which serial killer did you want to look up?”
“Look, I’ll be honest. I didn’t want to look up any of
them.” He bowed his head. “I wanted to talk to you. Now I have and I
look like a creepy stalker. I’m sorry.” God. All the confidence he
used while on the job went right out the window the moment he saw
her.
“I like your honesty.”
“My name is Sam. How about after you get off work, we meet
for coffee?”
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