....AND SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH A HOOKER

y before shaking herself o

red, painfully aware of how monosy

d man stretched his

rm hand in his and gave it a shake, looking him in the eye. She immediately f

h a small smile, finding Adrian's f

is smirk deepening while he trailed his eyes down Rose's fr

when it would be a good time to release Adrian's hand from the slow sh

gold

bli

?'' sh

repeated, nodding his hea

l dangling from it, realization dawned on her. ''Oh, you mean these,'' she said ar

d when she realized how stupid she'd already managed to

reached up to rub her neck and contin

invite me in, and I'll help with the heel?'' he suggested,

r throat, R

in looked up Adrian's smiling face and motioned behind him with hi

security, and since he didn't seem like an axe murderer right away, Rose thought she might as well give him a fair chance. Who knew, this might turn out better

into the hallway beyond. As he walked by, a waft of his cologne

smelled

when Adrian turned to face her. The blond stepped forward and bent over on one knee while gesturing for her to sit in the

dress better,''

oximity of Adrian's touc

e answered. '

winked

elcome, be

Adrian stepped back, his eyes still locked with Rose's, and Rose

nd Adrian, who turned to look around her living room. Rose watched as he eyed the record collection in

ike a question. ''I've been on a quite a few dates, you know,'' Ad

w. Was Adrian saying that blind dates wer

ed, curiosity getti

rugged, moving on to look at Rose's small coll

lady for the night,'' he replied casually, leaning f

rds, Rose stopped in her tracks and began to

about his confident mannerism, which unsettled her a bit. Not to mention

otentially awkward moments later on. Having to send Adrian on his way when they'd already arrived at the benefit w

?'' Rose paused as she watched him turn around to face her with another smil

one side and looked at her with an amused frown on his face. ''Yes, s

he must have sounded and, hoping that s

ed with a casual wave of his hand, ''Oh, and if you

washed over Rose,

, wondering if her fears