Beating Hearts [Knight's Rest #1]

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"Thanks for letting me borrow your hoodie."

"Don't worry about it."

She laughed and tugged the sleeves down her arms and over her hands slightly. It was definitely oversized on her and from angles, it did look like it was swallowing her. But it was warm, comfortable and smelt like him, so she didn't mind. "You might not get it back." She teased him, only half-joking.

"It's yours if you want it." He offered her a smile. "Were you serious about the website?"

She paused for a second, registering his words. "Of course, I was."

"It's going to be a lot of work."

"I know," she nodded. "I want to do it though."

"Okay," he smiled. "We'll talk about it some more on Sunday if that works for you."

"Yeah, that's great." She smiled, reaching out for the door handle to exit the car since he had pulled to a stop at the university car park. "I'll see you Sunday then."

He reached out and grabbed her wrist. When she looked back at him in confusion, he smirked and yanked her closer to him. Leaning his head down, he rubbed his nose against hers. "I think you're forgetting something."

"I am?" She asked, her eyes closed and her mouth tilted up in expectation.

He chuckled before his mouth finally descended down on hers.

"I need to go now." She whispered against his mouth, gently sucking on his bottom lip. A breathy sigh escaped her as he pressed his mouth against hers one more time, his tongue making a sneaky appearance.

She couldn't help but pout as he pulled away from her.

Thelonious Knight was a really good kisser.

When she finally opened her eyes, he was looking at her intensely, seemingly lost in his own thoughts. "I'll call you tonight," he promised, leaning in for one more kiss.

"I'll see if I can free some time up for you," she winked at him before jumping out of the car and heading towards the university building. Once she had reached the main door, she glanced over her shoulder to find him watching, waiting for her to go inside the building.

Raising her hand in the air, she gave him a wave before heading in.

Thelonious watched from his car until she was out of sight. He almost wished he had a janitor's shift today so he could follow her inside.

He had never liked someone the way he liked Darcy. Loved even. Maybe. He wasn't quite sure yet. He just knew that he couldn't stop thinking about her despite having spent a lot of time with her over the last couple of weeks.

The vixen had really weaselled her way into his life in just a short span of a few weeks and made a place for herself. They had only been officially dating for a couple of days now, and now that she had offered to design and create the hotel website for him, he was sure that he would definitely be seeing a lot more of her. He definitely hoped so, anyway.

He just wished that she didn't wake up one day and realise that she could do so much better than him. That would really crush him and Thelonious had already suffered more than enough hurt and pain for one lifetime.

Turning the key, the ignition rumbled to life. He reversed out of the car park and drove back to the hotel, already wondering when he would see her next.

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It was pouring cats and dogs by the time that she had stepped out of the train station. Thankfully, her dad was already waiting for her in the car park.