Within Their Reach

ire. His head turned toward Lila. "Is she okay?" He asked, his voice smooth and even. I immediately clenched my thighs, nearly whimpering at the simple sound of the words rolling off of his tongue

"We're here to s

rst. I heard Lila's footsteps behind me. The apartment was huge. It wasn't like anything that I was used to at all. Most, if not all, of the New York apartments that I had been to were the size of closets. Even all of the apartments I had been to over the last few days, they were only slightly bigger but this was huge. "Three bedrooms," I heard him say from behind us c

k around?" "Of course. Do you

nk I'll be fine." I turned to Lila. "You l

are bedroom is all the way at th

him, I bit down on my inner cheek and released a breath. What was wrong with me? May

rther into the room. There was a closet with enough room that I could actually walk in. There was already a TV mounted on the wall, a desk in the corner and two lamps on either side of the bed. I made my way to the curtains and drew them back to see the view of the city from here. I gasped at the astonishing view. I wanted to pull open the glass doors so that I could go

inding a text message from Lila waiting for me. 'If I didn't

t tell with the way you were ogling at him,' I resp

ent it and set my phone down on the counter. I turned a

blonde in my entire lifetime, but if he asked, I would've been on my knees within seconds. What the fuck was going on with me t

up straighter. "I'm just gonna go..." I trailed off. I walked past him with my arms crossed and eyes downcast. I felt just how warm his body was simply as I wal

e handed me my phone and my shaky hand reached out for it. I gasped as our fingertips touched, a so