Rose’s POV
“Rose?”
My head spinning, my heart racing, I stand and face away from Luca as I fumble with my sunglasses.
But my hands are so sweaty that they fly off instead, landing a few feet away on the floor.
Shit!
Dropping onto my hands and knees, I fumble around for them in a panic. Finally, I spot them, but as I reach for them, long fingers beat me to them and they are slowly being pulled away…
Swiping for them, I glance up to meet those brown, gold-speckled eyes just inches from mine.
They go wide in shock.
“Rose! It is you.”
His eyes crinkle into a smile and he leans forward as if to hug me, but I throw myself backward, landing hard on my bottom and scooting away.
His face falls as if crushed. Pained. He watches me continue to slide on the floor away from him, pulling my ho
