ee

visit to Dr. Adrian West, and yet

, fleeting and professional, still lingered on her skin. And those eyes-pie

ctors with intense eyes and dominant presences. And yet there she was, striding through her favorite booksto

low when he'd told her he'd not been able to stop thinking about her. The way his fingers had curled around

walked awa

ctor. He had more to lose. But that didn't make the

r coffee, attempting to drown

ror in his private office, gazing at himself a

ged every inch of his highly ordered world. And yet one twenty-four-year-old woman w

l obligation. But the moment he saw her, standing on that table in that sundress hugging

d

e was not near. What kind of music she listened to when no one else was

hands down his

. Something to get her out of his s

always does, h

-

play of candles by the window. Her best friend Morgan had texted, requesting a ride home

got out. She wasn't all that happy to be back her

vender and glanced over at a tall figure

t missed

ri

ver one shoulder, sleeves rolled up to his forearms, hair a little mussed like he'd been running his hands through

nt, the worl

d din-beeping equipment, soft conver

to his colleague and stepped o

softer than she remembered

ainst her like a shield. "My friend ha

"You're o

m f

ce, lingering a fraction too

w s

ter. Like you've be

e I h

ns pushed shoulders and grumbled, but they

n back. "I wasn't looki

e said. "But maybe

d his he

slike how we

You mean me just le

idened at

ollecting himself. "I'm not accustomed to.

er, her voice lowering. "D

" he answered. "I don't know how to

she said quietly. "I'm ju

, and this time neit

t in a moment, they were closer than they should have been, standing amongst pi

gainst hers as she

an ac

t sent racing throu

oth fe

graze the edge of her hand again, more cautio

pered, but he did not move away.

co

st getting

ntain himself. "You make it hard for

you *want* to b

was

nd commanding, weaving their finge

ug. But it was intimacy in its nakedes

stioning glance, and Adrian pulled

ere,"

n wh

nd then he pushed his hand into his coat pocket

he said to her. "Call

in surprise

I don't want to ke

lk away again-but

fist, her heart racing so har

not tensi

art of somethin

ing to get wo