Chapter 11

A few minutes after I wake up from a ‘not too nice sleep, but at least it was okay’, I hear a knock resound from the door. Even before the knock came through, the scent of Garrett had already run a course through to the room, so I knew it was him standing outside the door. I wonder what he was here for this morning.

“Adaliah, are you up?” his baritone voice comes into the room from outside. And I had to stay put for a moment to take in the tone of his voice. I wished there was a way I could do something to keep that tone in my head. Dammit! Now I was fantasizing about something as odd as that.

I did not intend to keep him waiting for too long, so I sigh silently before I say, “Come in,”

I was already seated by the edge of the bed when he came into the room. I still had my PJ on, and my hair was still rough with my hand on top of it. I mean, I just literally woke up and was definitely looking shabby, but, Nah, I did