Twenty-sixth step

    I was still waiting in front of Carter’s house with my finger hanging in the air above the doorbell when the entrance door opened and Carter himself appeared in front of me.

      “I looked at you from the window and I might say the first ten minutes I found you adorable as fuck but as much as I would like to keep staring at you my neighbours are starting to get suspicious.” Carter greeted me with one of his cocky smiles, tilting his head towards the house next door, showing me an elder couple staring at me worriedly. I felt myself blush and I hurriedly walked past Carter and into the house, away from the piercing gazes of his neighbours. Once inside, Carter locked the door and looked up at me with a dazzling smile.

      “Hello, handsome.” He said, taking my backpack and placing it into his lap then laying his elbows over it and his chin in his palms as he looked at me while I pulled the layers