Kiss Me At Midnight by Cassie Cross

Author:Cassie Cross [Cross, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2016-12-24T18:30:00+00:00

Finn and I linger on the rooftop until just after the sun goes down.

As we make our way to the elevator, Finn wraps his arms around me and pulls me close. “Let’s hope this trip goes better than the first one we took together.”

I can’t help but laugh. “Can’t say I’d be too upset about getting stuck in a dark, confined space with you again. Just maybe not tonight.”

“I never thought getting stuck in an elevator would be a blessing,” he says, smiling down at the ground. “It’s been a long time since I’ve gotten to know someone as just Finn. Just…talk to someone who didn’t know who I was, without any of the pressure and expectation that comes along with it.”

“I’m glad I could give that to you,” I tell him. I truly am. It seems ridiculous that a mechanical malfunction could bring this much bliss into my life. It’s only been a day. What’s it going to be like a month from now? A year?

I’m getting ahead of myself, I know. But this tingling, fluttering feeling that keeps making my heart skip a beat also fills me with endless amounts of anticipation and optimism.

The elevator doors open, and we smile at each other as we take tentative steps inside.

“We’re going to have to stop and get more champagne,” Finn says as he hits the button for the lobby. “And candy. We left your bag in the elevator.”

“A man after my own heart.” If he remembers to keep me in champagne and candy, this could be a match made in heaven.

Finn flashes a wicked grin. “Most definitely.”

The elevator opens to the lobby, and Finn keeps his arm slung around me, my body tucked close to his side. The place is completely devoid of people, and I’m relieved to not have a repeat of earlier.

“Happy New Year, George!” I say to the friendly security guard who let us in earlier. He’s on the phone, so I offer him a little wave as we make our way out.

“Wait, Zoey!” George yells, but it’s too late. Finn pushes the door open, and I see the frenzy that George wanted to warn me of.

This time it isn’t just a gaggle of photographers, it’s a group of fans screaming his name. Finn handles it all with practiced ease, leaning down and saying, “It’s okay. I’m just gonna sign for them and then we can go.”

I want to ask him how he’s going to sign for all of these people, but he lets go of my hand and picks up a Sharpie. I move over to the side of the building, out of the way. But the more he signs, the more people swarm, and eventually things get out of control. They’re yelling at him, and he gets pulled in deeper, to the point where I can’t make him out, because I’m too short and it’s too dark to see any damn thing.

The screams reach a fever pitch when a shiny black SUV reaches the corner, and three large men descend into the crowd, fighting off the girls surrounding him.

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