Adrian ordered a martini, earning disapproving looks from his father and me. "It's barely noon," said Nathan. "I know," said Adrian. "I'm surprised I held out that long too.

Rose, nothing in this world could make me hate you." "Not even trying to bring my ex-boyfriend back from the dead?

Propriety's never been Adrian's strong suit.

Nah. I’m a consultant, of course. Everyone’s favorite nondescript yet well-paid white-collar job.

You're burned into my mind forever. There is nothing, nothing in this world that will ever change that.

I'll find you. There is no place in this world you can hide from me. I'm watching. Love, Dimitri

Um, thanks,” she said. It was nice to see one woman finally immune to that accent. That wasn’t to say Rose wasn’t a sucker for accents. She just preferred hers from the other side of Europe.