Running To You by DeLaine Roberts

space. After all, geez, it has only been a few hours!” We both enjoyed a laugh, after which, I began to feel more relaxed. We started discussing all my witchcraft efforts and began to lose our minds giggling. We were still giggling and having a sisterly chat when Grayson made his way back to the office.
    “Is anyone working around here besides me? All I can hear is what sounds like a sorority party”
    “Well, Dr. Brooks, they do say laughter is the best medicine ,” and with that, Millie joined Grayson, Zoe and I in a good laugh. He came over behind my chair, wrapping his arms around my neck as he gave me a kiss on the cheek. Both Millie and Zoe were responding with a surprised look on their face.
    Grayson finished up his paperwork for the day, made a few calls, and came to get me from the break room. We said our good-byes to Millie and Zoe. “Normally, I take the stairs but there is something I have wanted to do all day.”
    “Oh, what is that Dr. Brooks?” I asked while giving him a flirtatious wink.
    As soon as the door closed on the elevator, Grayson took me in his arms and gave me the sexiest, rock my world kiss. He was in the process of biting my lip when the door opened and our secret moment came to an abrupt halt.
    In the car, he held my hand and tapped to the music once again playing in the background. I have discovered he appreciates music as much as I do and we have the same taste in artists.
    “I want to cook dinner for you tonight but at your place.” He was looking at me for approval.
    “Why do you want to cook at my place, doesn’t your kitchen work?” I say with a slight giggle, giving him a hard time.
    “Yes it does, but I think you would feel better with extra company around or at least, in your own private environment. There is so much we have yet to discover about each other, but there are a few things I am clear as day on. Alexandra, you are absolutely breath taking. You have the most luxurious red hair a man could ever want to entangle. Your eyes are the color of the Caribbean and have a story to tell and... You have a stubborn streak a mile long. I can’t get enough and I am completely captivated by you. When you gave me that wink last Friday, you started the blood pumping in my veins. This kind of feeling is so new and raw to me, that, well, makes me nervous but we’ll take this hour by hour if we have to. I just want you to be in your comfort zone and I want to be here with you. I have found a new love in cooking, so maybe we can cook dinner together in your kitchen, deal?”
    “Yes, I would love that, and I second everything you said,” pausing to give him a quick kiss. “Oh, by the way, I wanted to let you know that your sister called me a witch today?” biting my lip as I brushed my finger down his nose, in a full flirt.
    “What! What the hell was she thinking?” as he picks up his phone.
    Yanking the phone from his hand, “You can’t call her. She didn’t actually call me a witch. She said I had cast a spell on you!” The giggle fest returned and we were still laughing when he pulled the car into a small corner market.
    “Yes, my little witch-angel, I am completely in your spell! But please don’t undo it, I have enjoyed the last few days more than you will ever know!”
    Little did he know, I was completely caught in whatever net he was casting…
    We picked up some fresh fish and vegetables to grill, a couple of bottles of our favorite wines, a Riesling for me and a Cabernet Franc for him. Cooper will just have to take what we give him. Thinking about Cooper, I haven’t heard from him all day. In fact, my phone is quiet in my purse. That is not a good sign. Oh no! The battery died. In the blend of last evening, I failed to put my iPhone on to charge. This is not going to be good. After a few minutes of charge, there are seven messages and a dozen texts. Drew, Cooper, Zoe, and Gretchen had been blowing up my phone. What does step-mommy dearest want? Oh, well, I will