Chapter 3. Membership.

Leonardo's POV

"Sir, would you consider becoming a member?" The librarian repeated. obviously not wanting to let go of a good business prospect

"Yes I want to be a member." There, my reputation is safe. After all it's just a membership.

"Wonderful!" The lady, Janet I think is her name, sounded she had just cracked a great business deal. "Saira, please help him dear with the formalities."

"Sure." Came the response, though her expression told me she did not really trust my motives to be there.

Saira- my tongue itched to try the name. Her name is as beautiful as her. Too bad I will be humiliating her and then leave. Now is the perfect opportunity.

I saw her scribble something on a card. Squashing away the guilty feeling which was trying to make it's place in my chest I opened my mouth "I am Leo-"

"Please sign here Sir." She pushes a card towards me. Why does she have to keep interrupting me?

I glance at the card. My eyes widened as I read the details. She had filled in my name already. She knows me!

"You know who I am?" Once again the words were out without me intending to voice thwm.

My vocal cord and brain really need to coordinate and function! I should not have said these words aloud.

"Mr. Norcross you are a well know man." I can make out she is trying to be polite as a job profile requirement.

My heart is racing and I fail to understand why. She is right. I am a well know man. I had just assumed no one, knowing who I am would dare to speak to me the way she had.

I had been wrong. So wrong. Heck, to hell with revenge. It is anyways childish to think of revenge. Time to end this silly thing. I will just take the card she had filled in and walk out of here. I will never be coming back here anyways.

"Leonardo" I put forward my hand for her to shake. Might as well walk off on a good note.

She eyed my hand for a few seconds as though wondering why I am introducing myself when she already knew who I am. Right. Why was I doing it?

I almost pulled my hand away wanting to bury it in my pocket when she put her hand forward and placed it on my outstretched hand. "Saira Zaveri"

My fingers firmly closed over her soft hand and I gave it a firm shake before releasing it.

I completed the formalities and paid the modest membership fees and was handed over the membership card.

I pushed it down the pocket of my jeans not really intending to ever use it. Once I step out of here the incidents of the past hours would be firmly behind me.

Saira 's POV.

"I think he came here for you." I heard Janet say, sounding bemused as soon Leonardo Norcross had walked out of the door.

"What makes you say that?" I asked her.

"When he had entered his eyes seemed to search around. It seemed he was looking for someone or something." Janet said slowly. "When I asked he said he wanted to look at the books, but as soon as he sees you he becomes a member and leaves immediately. It seemed as though his search was over"

"Why would a man like him come looking for me?" I scoffed, though I had a somewhat uneasy feeling she might be right.

"I don't know. But he seemed to know you when he saw you." Janet said her eyes by now twinkling with amusement and curiosity.

"That could be because of what happened at at beach today." I told her the happenings at the beach.

She listened with an expression that was a mixture of shock and disbelief. "Are you crazy? Talking like that to a man of his stature!"

"Oh come on Janet. The poor baby could have been hurt. That was careless of him. It made me so angry. How can anyone be so careless?" I fumed at the memory.

Not to mention the way he had been staring at my lips.

Pervert!

I did not mention this to Janet, not wanting her to insist that the infuriating rich spoilt brat had come here looking for me.

Janet shook her head at me. "Saira, one of these days your temper will get you into serious trouble. If you are not already into one that is."

"Janet, you are reading too much into the situation. There is no way he could have known I work here."

She seemed to consider what I had said "That is right. It was probably just a co incidence that he was where you work and not intentionally." Janet agreed.

Unless he followed me here, an uneasy voice in my head said. I pushed the thought away. It is ridiculous even to think on that line. A man as successful and well known as him would never do anything like that.

For someone as common as me, he would not, I am quite sure about that.

I doubt I am going to be face to face with him ever again, I tell myself and get back to my work. I need to focus on my work and not some famous billionaire.

"Whatever the reason, him being a member is great for our library. We can use this fact to lure so many new members and donors." Janet said happily.

I could not help but laugh at Janet's enthusiasm. She really works very hard to try and get best books and there are many who benefit from it.

Yes, that is what he was. A valuable member to my place of work.

I work very hard in my attempt to make my life run smooth and on track. Unnecessary thoughts of arrogant billionaires have no place in my life or even in my mind.

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