Neither of them spoke again after the plates were cleared. Rome was so full she felt she couldn’t even lift a finger, much less stand and leave the restaurant. Her body felt impossibly heavy, like every limb had been weighted down with lead. She wanted nothing more than to lie down right there on their table and close her eyes.
But she didn’t want Cayson to leave her behind either, so she forced herself to move.
“Do you want to walk to the nearby beach?” he asked.
Rome pouted like a child. Her body was sluggish and bloated, her stomach pushing against the soft fabric of the white bikini beneath her thin summer dress. Their thi
