Things were not going well. My husband had called to inform me that his departure for home would be delayed for another month. He was supposed to come home this afternoon to celebrate our wedding anniversary. It was particularly important to me that we celebrate it because I felt like his work had driven apart, so much so that two years into the marriage, we were living like strangers under one roof.
With that in mind, I bought groceries for a good dinner. I cleaned and tidied the house. I took a long shower and shaved my legs. I even bought a bouquet of roses just because. I dug out the old music disc that you had created for me in high school.
I was all ready. Except you weren't coming back.
Needless to say, I was more than disappointed. But that wasn't the end of a disappointing night. No, I had to go and burned my left hand while trying to cook a pasta.
I ended up sobbing in my bathrobe with a throbbing hand and drinking the bottle of red wine that was meant to be shared between my husband and I. All while I was waiting for my pizza to arrive.
The deliveryman who turned up at my door was tall and muscular. The black tee that he was wearing was stretched tightly over his chest, and his biceps bulged. He wore a pair of dark jeans that fitted him so well women would check out his ass when he walked by. His hair was brown and wavy, and a curl had fallen over his forehead. I couldn't determine exactly how old he was, but he certainly wasn't one of the teenagers who delivered pizzas.
"Your pizza order, ma'am. That'll be twelve dollars." He told me.
I noticed that he had a great smile and a husky voice suited to the bedroom. His eyes were piercingly blue and reminded me of icebergs in the ocean. I was feeling so down that I couldn't help but check out this gorgeous eye-candy. Something to cheer up my day, one would say. It took a few moments before it dawned on me why he was still standing there, waiting with my pizza in hand.
"Oh! Let me get my purse." I gushed, blushing like a sixteen year old maiden, turning back into the house to get my purse.
The alcohol had done its work, fuzzing my brain so much that I didn't even realized there was something wrong with the deliveryman. He wasn't wearing a uniform and there was no sign of his delivery vehicle. But between the wine and the tears, I was almost all tuckered out.
I came back with my purse after a few minutes to an empty doorway. He had vanished. Bewildered, I stepped out of the house and looked around. He was nowhere to be found.
Deducing that I was being pranked on, or the deliveryman had decided to skip out on me, I went back to my house and slammed the door shut, annoyed. That was when I saw him, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and a cocky smile on his face.
Feeling crossed, I handed him the money. "There you go."
I debated telling him he shouldn't enter other people's houses but decided not to get into it. I even thanked him and went forward to open the door, hoping that would get him out quicker.
But this man had no intention of leaving.
"Nice photos you have there." He said conversationally, pointing towards the photo wall I had put up in the living room.
The one he was referring to was taken by my husband in our honeymoon. I was standing at a beach in a tiny pair of shorts and a bikini top, a translucent printed wrap around my bottom. The photo distracted me momentarily, drawing me into my memories. It was a time where my husband and I still envisioned a pretty future for us. The recent withdrawal from him, the disinterest in sex and the long work trips worried me. I was afraid that he had fallen out of love with me and fallen in love with someone else.
"You look so beautiful."
The deep rumble of his voice in my ear made me jump. I hadn't noticed that he had moved to stand behind me, far too closely for my comfort. I jerked away, but I couldn't get far. The photo was located at the end of the room and I had effectively backed myself into a corner.
Stupid stupid stupid me.
"What are you doing?" I asked sternly, hoping that it would get scare him into leaving.
A lazy smile spread across his handsome face. "What do you think I am doing?" He drawled.
My heart began to race in my chest. My skin prickled. How did I not noticed the wolfish hunger in his dark grey eyes when he had showed up? Now those eyes scrutinized me lustily from top to bottom, threatened to devour me. He radiated intensity and danger, both which made my internal alarms go off. His eyes were glued to my chest, where the robe had revealed a very pretty view of my cleavage. Suppressing the panic that was rising in me, I snapped the lapels of my robe together and pointed a finger towards the main door.
"Get out of here before I tell on your employer."
He took a step towards me, drawing himself to his full height, towering over me. I could only reach his shoulders, a fact which he, no doubt, wanted me to be aware of.
Then he dropped a bombshell on me.