Chapter 64

"I've been going to that pub for days, watching you from far away. I have always left right after your set is done because I figured there was no way a guy like me would have a chance with someone as beautiful and gifted as you. It took me a long time to get the nerve just to sit where you could see me, and even longer to build up the nerve to talk to you."

"Me? I'm just an ordinary, run-of-the mill person, there's nothing special about me." I was still pondering all this when he reached down and grabbed my chin, lifted it up, and kissed me.

In that moment, I knew passion. I thought I had felt it before, but this was something that made me feel like I would die if this kiss ended right now. His lips were so hot they almost burned mine. His tongue sought mine in an earnest quest that let me know that he had thought about this moment for a long time. I felt my knees go weak and as if sensing that, he picked me up and carried me to the couch. He knelt and gently laid me down, as i