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Deep down in my mind I wondered how possible it was for him to pull the look that was on his face presently, a look that made me look so …breathless.

I stood there staring at his face, and it was more as if I could see his true appearance behind what could be just a façade.

His look upon me was light and tender, just like the way you looked at something so beautiful, his hands ran through his hair.

He was intimidating, with a heavy presence and a look that stared deep into my soul till it burned, yet I couldn't take my eyes away from him even as mine was a

soft, sober expression like now.

The truth was he didn't have to look at me to make me burn, he did it all by himself —getting awakened and on fire by anything that had to do with him.

He glanced over and caught my gaze. “Are you going to stand there all day?"

I could see the glint in his eyes, the amusement behind it.

My pulse fluttered in my throat, and warmth rushed to my face just as his eyes fell to my cheeks.

And then a