le to process what was happening. I

n't used to this kind of greeting.

Brianna," I

in disbelief, y

That w

ith my boxes and drove me here, whom I no

ow, miss," he said, ge

beautiful than the outsid

ghting was soft, the décor tasteful-nothi

n myself, if I ever had a place of my own.

hat Emily ran away from, what I now h

here was no sign of Adrian-the m

my eyes wide as I took in every detai

be here soon," Ba

lier. He wasn't the glaring type of handsome though, not th

to you in a moment of sudden realization. And you wond

him for long, because he s

he

my

e looked l

ly replied. "I'll be wait

all now tak

ft alone in the house, Adrian's house and I'm

n't be a terror. If he was half as

e sofa. I was beyond exhausted and if I wasn't car

rs, and I'd die before I did anythin

lone tear drop from th

ore the sound of heavy foots

instantly, sittin

e no cameras here as t

ndeniable, unsubtle way. That was my first thought

kind that swept you off your feet.

nothing to lessen the intensity of his app

ht and upright with a

rugged yet soft-that seemed to shif

ing straight through me, a hint of warmth fli

w closer, flashing his perfectly straight te