I jumped, turning to find Derek's brown eyes looking at me. I let out a relieved sigh. "You scared me to death!"

Derek raised an eyebrow. "Why the rush?"

"Oh, you wanna know?" I glared at him. "Just had a lovely run-in with someone who thinks I'm your mistress."

Derek frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Some guy just cornered me at the entrance." I grabbed his hand as we walked toward the elevator, ranting, "Out of nowhere, he assumed I was your mistress, said you'd get ...