It had been a few hours since Adrianna had come home to her parents' place after the meeting with Daniel. There were three things that she couldn't get out of her head. The way he had proved his innocence and made her realise how brash her decision was without even uttering a single word of blame, was something that had affected her more than she cared to acknowledge. She didn't even know why she had asked for some time when her answer should have been clear. Was it due to the overwhelming load of new information? She didn't know.
The second thing that was living rent-free in her mind was the way he looked. The last time she had seen him, he was clean shaven, with a bandage on his forehead, and a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. And today, it seemed as if all mischief, all cheeriness had
