Page 3 of King of Wands

He stood and took two large steps across the room, putting as much distance between us as possible. He seemed...nervous.Interesting.“Please be careful. Exercise is healthy, overdoing it is not.” He grabbed a bottled water and chugged half of it in two swallows.

“I appreciate your help. It was very kind.” Too kind. Out of this world kind. Greek gods didn’t come down to earth to fraternize with the humans. I conveniently blocked out the lessons from my minor in Classics that taught me when Greek gods did come down from Mount Olympus it was usually to fall in lust with a woman.

His eyes flashed and then a wall went up. “I should get back to my workout.”

Of course he should. He was literally paid to be in the gym, not in a break room with a clumsy intern. But that didn’t mean Iwantedhim to go. “How long are you at the factory?”

“I leave for Austria on Wednesday,” he said quietly. Then he glanced back at me and I could have sworn there was a softness to his gaze.

That was two business days from now. Two days of King working in the same building before he vanished back into the heavens. “Thanks again.” I held up my juice and tried to smile even though I was finding it rather hard to breathe.

He nodded, looking very uncomfortable, searched for a place to toss his bottle, then made for the door. He stopped with his hand on the knob and glanced back. “I’ll see you around Isabel.”

Then he left just as Jess came rushing in with a smirk. “How are you?” She turned back to make sure the door was shut. “Oh my god, did you do that just so you could flirt with King?”

“What? No. I’m mortified!” And strangely turned on by his parting statement.He knows my name.

She gave me look. “You just had Kingston Reynolds pick you up and walk you out. Then you spent five minutes alone in a room with him. I think your mortification can wait.”

She was right. My mortification had all but dissolved, leaving behind a crush I could barely contain. King knew my name and hearing him say it was quite possibly the sexiest sound in the world.

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