“ You know,” said this deep, smoky, strange voice behind me. “ smoking is hazardous to your health, right?”
A guy with caramel light skin, shaved head, and strong, rugged features smiled warmly at me, as he lit a cigarette and put it to his sensuously curved yet hard mouth.
“ Yeah… don’t I know it.” I groaned scratchily, trying to clear my throat.
He held out a handkerchief, and I used it to dab at my tearing eyes and the sweat at my brow. I folded it neatly and tried to give it back to him.
“ You keep it. You might need it again.” He said, as he took a step closer.
I was suddenly nervous as I realized how big he was. The guy was over 6 feet at least, which made him like a giant to my puny 5’3”. But what also made him intimidating was his body… sure, it was a VERY nice body but it was BIG! I mean, the guy had muscles, and I mean muscles. Not the steroid type, grotesquerie you see at Muscle Beach, but nice big muscles that I wanted to explore with my hands and mouth. I could not believe what was running through my mind at that moment, and I just prayed that the alley was dark enough to hide the redness creeping over my face.
Just then, a sudden downpour caught us by surprise. I looked up in horror as I quickly got drenched.
Laughing, the stranger grabbed me by the arm and pulled me into the shadows of the overhanging eaves, out of the rain.
“ Great. “ I muttered. “ just what this cold needed.”
Smiling, the guy suddenly reached out and smoothed away the wet hair gently from my face. I froze as his fingers touched my skin. An electric thrill seemed to shoot through me.
Hi hands paused to cup my face as he studied my features in the dim light.