Chapter 12

Ace

I normally have Saturdays off, but go into work to supervise a photoshoot with the dress, which is now mended. The photoshoot needs to be done today so the images make it in the magazine on time. The shoot goes well, and I decide to have lunch while things are quiet.

I wait at the traffic lights, and across the road, spot the girl I haven’t stopped thinking about. She’s worried and winds her way through pedestrians nervously; she isn’t paying attention to the traffic at all. A car accelerates and she is directly in its path.

‘Shit!’ I run toward her, the driver beeps at her, I pull her away from the oncoming car, with my arms around her waist. Her heartbeat is racing and her breathing is erratic. I don’t want to let her go in case she collapses. Strangely, it’s nice holding her, and she starts to relax in my arms. I’m glad she’s okay, but angry she almost got herself killed.

‘What is wrong with you?’ I say angrily. She looks up, scrunches her brows at me, and has an angry expressi