All his life, he had only kept people out. Trying to keep everyone at arm's length after Roxanne left. He had even thought his lonely life was good. He didn't lack anything, and he had always believed his money could get him things. But what was it about this little woman that, the closer he got to her, the more he wanted to know? It was like she was breaking all the walls he had built around himself and was slowly getting to him. The real him.
Something was happening to him anytime she was near, anytime he looked at her. He couldn't explain it, but it was as if she naturally belonged with him. It was like a thawing sensation, and the more time he spent with her, the more he wanted to possess everything about her.
