Melanie stomped through the basement, her heart beating hard at the thought of what she had blurted! She could have cursed herself! Adam was no fool. He would have understood by now that she was acting jealous! Dam* it! Hadn't she learnt enough from her experience with Spencer? Why was she being a fool when it came to Adam. How could she have let herself become close to him... in that sense? This was supposed to be physical only! Just some fun with someone you might like! What did her stupi* heart have to be involved?
She was furious—at Adam, at herself, at Saira—but mostly, at the vulnerability she had just let peek through.
She spotted her car and was digging into her bag for the keys when, without warning, arms wrapped tightly around her waist from behind and lifted her clean off the ground.
