After he takes my coat from me, he drapes it over the banister. He smiles and says, "Come, sit down."
I follow him into the lounge. It is a real royal dump. The large plasma television fixed to the wall above the fireplace and the brand new leather lounge suite looks out of place.
My eyes fix onto a body sprawled across the large three-seat leather couch. The pair of black eyes from this body looks up at me in stunned surprise.
The owner of the pair of black eyes stands up hastily, and I cannot help noticing that he is only wearing a pair of black sweatpants, hanging low on his hips. In an instant, I observe his arms, his firm stomach and his strong shoulders.
He gives me a long, unhurried look, and he smiles slowly, brilliantly. He keeps my eyes imprisoned with his, and I feel captured by his gaze, a gaze filled with promises and silent desires.
Kieran breaks this exhilarating moment between us by shouldering past him. "Put on a shirt, Jayden," Kieran stresses as he walks past him toward the dining room.
Jayden pulls his face sourly and smiles at me, as if we are sharing a joke. His smile is not quite a smile. It is half a smile, half a grin, hinting at amusement, confidence and mischief.
I feel my face grow warm as he moves toward me. He is mere centimetres away from me, but he might as well have touched me, judging by the way my heart speeds up in my chest.
He stops when he gets next to me and lowers his head down to me. I can do nothing but look up at him. His eyes are dark, changing rapidly as a cold wintry day could turn into a bright cloudless sky, the wind trailing light and shadows across the earth.
Kieran calls my name from the kitchen.
One corner of his mouth curls up slowly and he says quietly, "Welcome to our humble abode, Heather."
I step away from him. I whisper, not trusting my voice not to croak when I speak normally, "Thank you, Jayden."
He moves away from me and distractedly I walk toward the double door separating the lounge from the dining room.
In the dining room, the entire wall between the dining room and the kitchen has been removed and the kitchen and dining room form one big room.
As I walk into the room, Kieran smiles widely. I look into his green eyes, and the last minutes melt away as if they never happened.
" What would you like to eat? Name it and I will tell you if we have it or not," he asks.