If we play with fire

mmed his right thumb on the surface of the folder, making a great ef

e he let it out noisily through his mouth and then repeated lik

that he should have been by her side instead of traveling the world. But he

ned article about his happy, perfect family again. One more child in her second marriage, where

e was happy and would remember forever that kiss he achieved without proposing. One who delayed

it), but the fear in her eyes and the space she kept bet

ost her

ot Andrea's delicate lips that his sinister mind brought back from t

ous smile and a look too

ocked him, and he could

ths a memorable downfall. She was fifth on his list, the one he would revel in

o his father

vance the satisfaction of seeing her turn pale in front of him as she

his secretary's voice made him jump in

let anyone interrupt u

ore he heard the sound of the door, he thought better of it and walked to the desk behind him and rested his butt on the edge before crossing his arms over his chest. Her secretary

morn

efore the desk; her red lip

who looked at him with narrowed eyes as she noticed wher

Livia. We seem to be

hand firmly, inte

e wanted to enjoy this radical change in her condition, to make her faint from the shock of having him in front

ve up his eagerness to score his first smal

tand with his look and his h

ple that, the second it formed, offended him with unimaginable efficiency. Livia arranged one of her l

equest, but he assumed he had as the red" hair

him with a gesture to dictat

The way she tucked her military" style boots across her leg over her knee, sheathed

her outfit to be sensual. She was somewhat androgynous an

le force that made her eyes crawl towards her blues, to her mouth, and then further south like it

se, he had to say that when he planned this encounter, he never imagined she woul

udy at Sacr

" She pointed to the folder on the de

lmost snarled

anted to shake her

at promotion

her to squint and look at the office door. She looked as if she were

" He exhaled wearily. Nothing was

h!

es

nd his fist on the d

ia graduated. He is now an architect, righ

f them had occurred and pretending I didn't know who he was, was cross

... he

e had to loosen his tie a littl

he had kissed under the gymnasium stairs the morning he was "selected." He received the famous accolade she had made

stupidly. He ha

stpone the interview." His half" curved smile

almost imperceptibly and pulled himself

o a table where a pitcher of cold water rested and poured it into

the fact that she raised her hand and posed

she had been burned." You're very pale, and I wouldn

ulse swept over him as he felt her fingers on him. Those simple word

ather who was ki

repeated. Now she

of a scene, but the simple fact of having made her