Mornings On Main. Jodi Thomas

is Jillian, isn’t it? I know I would have remembered seeing you.”

      “No. Just passing through.” She didn’t look up.

      “It’s a shame. I like your name, among other things.”

      Sunnie watched as Derrick’s gaze rolled over Jillian like thin paint.

      She had heard the phrase undressing someone with his eyes but she’d never seen it happen before. Derrick’s look was pure predator, like he’d just tossed aside a rabbit for a deer in the trap. Only Sunnie was the rabbit, and she had a feeling Jillian was the deer in his sights.

      Sunnie didn’t hear Jillian’s answer. She was too furious to breathe as she grabbed Derrick’s arm and almost dragged him out of the store.

      “What?” he yelled. The door chime sounded more like a clank.