Adrian Sterling's gaze slid over my body so slowly, so openly possessive, that I felt like he'd stripped me naked right there in the middle of the room.

A wave of shame and anger crashed over me, heat rising from my chest to my cheeks. I wanted to disappear, wished the floor would open up and swallow me whole.

Why the hell did I have such terrible luck? Out of everyone in the bar, why did it have to be him?

I tried to pull myself together, pushing the drink cart toward the farthest corner