Traces Of Me

**Charlotte**

His voice has the power to melt my insides. Smooth and deep enough to give me goosebumps. This man is perfect. Too perfect for me. I don’t deserve this. I deserve Jay, my agent. Rough and jaded. Unavailable and distant. I can’t live this dream life Grayson has offered. This life wasn’t of my choosing. Nothing in my life has been fair, I shouldn’t have played this game with him. The pain of knowing what could have been mine if I was a normal girl shreds my raw beating heart. A foolish fantasy for a broken girl to have.

*“How can I leave you?”*

**Grayson**

Like a lost puppy, I would look at her through the window every time I walked by. She always seemed deep in thought. I wondered what she wrote about. I wondered where she was from. I wondered what those plump lips tasted like. Shaking my head, cursing myself for being obsessed with a girl I didn't even know, but something about her wouldn't let me go. No matter how much I tried to deny it. I was under this mystery girl’s spell.

She looked like a mix of innocence and sin. I smiled as she touched her hair, moving her luscious locks off to the side, revealing pale skin on her neck. I briefly pictured my fingers stroking her when she glanced over at me. Her lips turned into a sweet smile. She blushed then went back to her typing.

This girl haunted me. I hoped meeting her would alleviate this infatuation. Maybe she won’t be interested. Maybe she will let me down gently, or maybe she’ll take me on.

*“How can I let you go?”*