“What are you doing here?”
The voice shot through the hallway like lightning, sharp and unexpected. Mia’s heart leapt into her throat. In shock, her foot slid on what must have been a patch of spilled water. Before she could react, her body was tipping backward.
She let out a small gasp, bracing herself for a painful fall.
But she never hit the ground.
Instead she felt strong arms caught her mid-air. Warm, firm, and steady. Her eyes clenched shut instinctively from fear, but slowly, as her body registered she was safe, she opened them.
And there he was.
Adrian.
But not like she’d ever seen him before.
His dark hair was dripping wet, sticking slightly to his forehead, droplets of water trailing down his bare chest. A chest that was perfectly sculpted, toned from the kind of discipli
