It’s… you.
I have to stop in the doorway of the conference room, pretending to check my phone, which I almost drop as I pull it from my pocket.
It’s you. I knew someone from your company had been scheduled to appear today but I never once thought it would be you. After all, you live hundreds of miles away and in spite of years- years! – of hard core online flirtation, we have never met.
Until now. You’re here, and I don’t know what to say or do or even think. I stay paused, letting Derek and Melissa pass by me, giggling and making you look up and before I can stop myself I duck from the room again, pretending to take a call.
You. Terrifyingly intelligent, acid tongued and so beautiful it has my heart knocking in my chest, trying to force its way up my throat.
I turn toward the room again, slowly, pretending to adjust my glasses while hiding my face. You haven’t seen me yet and I need that element of surprise, to catch you as off guard as you’ve done me.