A girl, haunted by her past was living in solitude. A man, running from his own demons. When their paths collide, the girl wants to run, but the guy is determined to chase after her aura.
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Aurora Ravenscroft was living her life in solitude, plann...
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The next morning, Phoenix woke up with a stiff neck. He moved it slowly, afraid of snapping it in two. Somewhere in his sleep, his body relaxed and now he was half lying on the bed, afraid of Aurora's wrath. He sat back to his previous position and finger-combed her hair. Aurora moaned in her sleep. Phoenix had to bite back a groan escaping from his mouth. Yesterday, when he was doing her hair, He felt Aurora's intense gaze on him but he kept his focus on the task at hand. If he had taken a chance to look at her, the dryer and brush would have flown out the window and Aurora would be underneath his body.
"Wake up, love." At the reminder of last night's intimate encounter, Phoenix wanted her off of his chest literally. Aurora leisurely moved her head and looked at him. Giving her adorable dimpled smile, she kissed him.
"Thank you..."
"Anything for you, Love. Now give me 10 minutes. "Aurora mewled in protest, She scooted back, her inner thigh touched his morning glory and she jumped out of of his embrace, clearly spooked.
Phoenix groaned in pain and Slowly limped towards the door breathing deeply 'Or maybe 20' he mumbled.
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They were in the elevator, ready to go to college. Phoenix was in his own daze, thinking about Aurora's face filled with determination and love when she was looking at the morning sun. The ding on the elevator snapped him back to the present. A young man was standing on the other side. He was really good-looking, and well-built, just like Phoenix. Who was impressed with his physique until the guy smiled .... at Aurora, his smile reflected a thirsty man's, at the sight of water in a desert.
The buffed-up fucker didn't even notice Phoenix. His sole focus was on Aurora. Phoenix clenched his fists. It hadn't even been 12 hours since he had promised her. He moved his eyes toward Aurora, who looked embarrassed. On noticing Phoenix's gaze, she smiled at him. Only then do they notice his presence.
"Derek Hunter." He said, And Phoenix introduced himself back with a curt handshake as they had just signed a peace treaty.
Derek followed them to their car with him asking Aurora about her Thanksgiving and when did she come back. Phoenix wanted to bash Derek's head on the steering wheel when his finger waived at them from inside his Cadillac Escalade. But the vow he made to Aurora was chaining him back, and the fact that she did not look afraid.
