Chapter Fifty Seven

I see his pause at the top of the stairs and even when my feet take me closer and closer to him, I'm still not sure if I'm doing the right thing. I'm still in a state of indecision when I come to a stop on one step below him. He's staring down at me, one brow.cocked in inquiry and I stare back, my breaths coming out in shallow pants and my eyes wide in apprehension.

"I…I just wanted to ummmm….". I'm really at a loss for words. I must look like such a fool, staring up at him like this with nothing to say. "I…ummm….".

He jerks his head towards his bedroom door. "Come in. Perhaps you need to sit down". He doesn't even wait for me to agree or disagree before he turns away and makes his way towards his bedroom door. I stare at his back in an another moment of indecision. He….he just invited me to his room. I can't go in there, it's bad enough that my body and senses are already going haywire with him being with me like this in the open, if I was stuck in that room with him, I wouldn't trus