Page 49 of Darkness

“Yes, he said, none of them were you.” I try to hide the smile but I can’t, who thought the dark sexy man is this sexy sweet man. “Whatever that means.”

Picking up the rose I smile, then read the card.

Enjoy, you deserve it

My English Rose

I pull the ribbon, then open the box, and look at what’s inside it. Two chocolate boxes, my favorite chocolate one box of Roses, and the other box is Quality Streets. With trembling hands I pull out the next two boxes, and it’s taking everything in me not to cry. Earl Grey tea, and Katy takes out the last thing for me, Terry’s chocolate orange, five of them.

“Is it crazy that I’m falling in love with the man over this box?” I ask, not able to hold the tears anymore.

“No, is this all your favorite stuff from home?” She asks me, and all I can do is nod at her, as I can’t stop smiling. “It's amazing. You found someone who will do anything to make you smile. You want to go see him?”

“I can’t leave-”

“Autumn-Rose we are closed for another hour and half, it will take you fifteen minutes to get there. Go, I've got the shop.”

Wiping the tears away, I tell her not to eat anything from the box until I get back. I grab my bag and get moving as quickly as I can.

I can’t believe he got me all those things, the price here for them is ridiculous, and I refuse to pay that much, but this man has given me

I stop in front of the club, and see Lincoln talking to a delivery man. “Is he here?” I ask him when he turns to face me.

“Did you run here?” he asks.

“No,” Lincoln tilts his head a little and smiles. “I didn’t run, I power walked, not the same thing.” I tell him, and I try hard to breathe normally.

Now I know he likes me, which I had a feeling from the start he did, so, I can be my normal self with them. Which feels good too, it’s hard trying to be someone else. I was trying to be as normal as possible, and hide the clumsy side, the very happy side of me.

“And that?” He points to my hand.

“Long story,” I reply, I really don’t have time to explain to him what happened, it’s a long story.

“He’s inside, on the ground floor. And I hope you have a better answer than a long story for him. Because he will lose it.” Lincoln warns as I take a few steps into the club.

Wow, this place looks different in the daytime, I can't believe it's the same place. It looks a lot bigger than I thought it was, and I see I’ve not really seen much of the club. I look up to get a better view of how high the club really goes, and I have to say it is impressive when you see the cages hanging up there. One thing I didn’t think about was the wall colors, they are all white. I mean there is nothing really on the walls at all. There’s a few lights onthe walls but nothing else. Cain really does make this club look different in the evening.

I look up once more, wondering if the sixth floor is open, or is that only open when the club is open. I still think it’s a sex club up there, I mean what else would be there. Then again a sex club seems a little silly to be having in a nightclub.

Taking a look around for him, there he is, and he looks at me straight away. I power walk over to him, jump a little and he grabs me around the waist when I kiss him. His other hand moves to the side of my head, bringing me closer to deepen the kiss.

Cain pulls away from me, placing me back so my feet are on the floor. “Thank you, seriously thank you for the gift.” Not able to hold my tears as the emotions hit me again.

“I’ll give you the world if you want it.”

Do not say the words, do not say the three words, do not say them.I tell myself, but it’s not easy to refrain when this man is doing all this to make me happy.

“I want to stay here and spend some time with you, because I didn’t see you yesterday, but the shop is busy,I had to just see you. I had to tell you how much…thank you.” If only he really knew how much him giving me this box means to me, how much having a piece of home means to me.

I pull away from him. “Where are you going?” Cain asks.

“I have to get back to the shop, it’s so busy this afternoon, and-”

“What the fuck happened?” Cain takes a big step closer to me, closing the gap between us, and grabs my wrist.

“It’s a long stor-”

“Then get talking,” He snaps. Lincoln wasn’t joking when he said Cain will lose it. “I’m waiting.” He pulls me towards the side, and slides into one of the booths.

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