We're closed, I said. The words seemed to fall on deaf ears. The woman walked right past me,

as though I had suddenly become invisible. Couldn't she see that everyone else had left the library?

I was holding my black leather handbag in the crease of my left elbow. That should give her the

idea that I was getting ready to close the library for the day. But no, she'd totally ignored me.

I shouldn't let this bother me, but her arrogance got to me anyway. Maybe she wouldn't have acted

like this if I wasn't so petite.

Gosh, I looked like a teenager, even though I was rapidly approaching my mid-20s.

I turned my attention to the woman as she walked over to a shelf and scanned through it,

the tips of her right index finger briefly touching the spine

of each book she glanced at. This didn't even make any sense. Why would anyone walk into a library

at nine at night? Deciding that I had enough of her attitude, I walked over to her. Hey, I said, my voice firm enough to knock off her arrogance. But she didn't budge.

My gaze suddenly dropped to the well-defined ass in her skimpy black dress. I tried not to gock

at her endowment. But how could I possibly ignore the fact that she had the

body of one of those celebrities who had gone under the knife? I gulped, and then I reminded myself

I had only approached her so I could ask her to leave. I opened my mouth to speak. She chose that exact moment to turn around. I didn't realize

how close to her I was standing until she was facing me. Her breasts barely two inches away from

mine. I wasn't prepared for what I saw. The woman was so gorgeous, my heart throbbed at the side of her.

Baby blue eyes worked with thick, long lashes, giving off an angelic look I had never seen on a blonde.

Sorry? She plucked an earpiece out of her left ear. Oh, I mouthed. I could hear the music blaring from the earpiece. It was so

loud I could almost dance to it. That explained why she had not been able to hear me. Gosh, I have never

felt so stupid. Did you say something? She asked. Yeah, I said.

It's a few minutes past nine, so we're closed for the day.

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