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Did– did he just check her out?
Samantha’s entire body suddenly felt warm and sharp, heat creeping out of her skin as she walked past him and into the building. Her hand tingled from where he had touched her, and it sent a shiver down her spine that she tried hard to not show. She held his eyes until she was passing him, then ducked her head as she passed him. She couldn’t help but want to touch him as she passed him. She wanted to chase him, physically, and have more of whatever that electric feeling was.
She looked back over her shoulder and up at him, a small smile on her face as she waited for him to join her inside. As soon as he did, she started to follow him through the building. The entrance was a long hallway, complete with what looked like maximum security doors. She looked up at him every few seconds, watching his face and his bright eyes.
Something was… off. It was buried deep beneath her sudden desire and fascination, but it was like her instincts were trying to warn her of something. Of what, she wasn’t sure. And she swept it away, under a rug, because she didn’t care. God, she had a real soulmate. She had a perfect other half. Wait until Eve–
Oh, god. Wait. She immediately stopped her thought in its tracks, squeezing her eyes shut for a moment. This was Adam Fowler, Eve’s fiance. How could she forget that? She knew how. This was bad. What was she supposed to do about this? How was she supposed to deal with this? How did she go from being sure she was aromantic and asexual to tripping over her own feet for a chance to touch her soul’s closest friend’s fiance? What was wrong with her?
She let him take the lead and clasped her hands together in front of her, raised slightly to about chest height. She looked up at him, her soft and awed smile gone. Instead, there was a kind of determination in her eyes, one that showed how much she was trying to not fall into the trap of his beautiful, beautiful eyes again.
“No, no dinner plans really. Eve invited me to dinner, but we hadn’t really picked where yet. Uhm. I-I would love to, uhm, have you join us?” Her voice shook as she talked, and she winced at the dreamy and obviously eager tone she had ended up taking. God, this was bad. This was so bad. She couldn’t think about him like- like anything. This was Eve’s fiance, and while he was being friendly, she couldn’t dare– she absolutely would not–
He was off limits.