Page 173 of Soul Mates: Hercules Valentine and I
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Hercules Valentine
All I could do to stop thinking about Paisley Grove is get out of bed and go for a run. And when I say run, I meanrun. My arms pump in concert with my legs.
“Hah, hah, hah…” I pant deep and hard.
Sweat pours down my face like someone dumped a pail of water on me. I’m ending mile number four, and I thought I would be worn out by now, but I’m not. And I still can’t get Paisley Grove off my mind.
Shit.
Reaching the end of my trail, I stop and bend over, clutching my knees, giving my breathing an opportunity to even out. I visualize her in the pink dress she had on yesterday. I guarantee she knew I would want to suck on her soft breasts if she showed me that kind of cleavage. But I was affected more by seeing her twice in one day. All I wanted to do was keep her with me. I hate that we have to live apart. I want to see her now. We should’ve made love through the night, awakened to breakfast in my bed, and banged each other’s brains out after eating, then throughout the day.
She likes cherry trees.
After we’re worn-out from doing each other, we would give it one more go at it in the shower, dress, and try to keep our hands to ourselves and my cock in my pants. Then I would drive her to the cherry blossom festival in Brooklyn.
No… That’s not extravagant enough for a woman of her caliber.
I would’ve flown her to DC. We would’ve strolled along the cherry trees on the grounds of the Washington Monument.
No…
That’s not good enough either. I would fly her to Kyoto, Japan, where the most magnificent cherry trees have blossomed.
No…
“There you are.”
Two long, thin but shapely legs in tight black jeans stand in front of me. I let my gaze glide up to the woman’s face.Sigh…I grimace as I stand erect. “What are you doing here, Rain?”
Her gaze falls down to my cock as I bend back to stretch. “Your goddamn people wouldn’t let me in your building. You told them you have a fiancée, didn’t you?”
I burp a laugh.Has she lost her mind?“As I said, why are you here, Rain?”
Her eyes are wide and glossy as they roam my face, then she frowns abruptly. “I don’t know, I just…”
I shake my head rapidly. I’m being rude, and I know it. I don’t like it either, but her presence jolted me out of a fantasy I wasn’t ready to leave. “Just?”
Rain gnaws anxiously on her lower lip.
Is she…“Jesus—are you high?”
“No,” she shrieks.
I fold my arms against my chest. I don’t believe her.
“I just wanted to, you know, see you.”
Did she just look me up and down like she wants to jump my bones or something?I could explode with anger because I know just as much as she does that there’s nothing between us, sexual or otherwise.
“Now you see me. Now have a nice day, Rain.” I sweep past her. “Don’t follow me.”
“Hercules, come on,” she calls after.
I raise a hand. “Goodbye, Rain.”
“Aren’t you scared?” Her voice trembles.
