23.

The sun came through the dark curtains, illuminating the room a little and Luca threw the duvet to the side before padding to the bathroom. His eyes were hurting, his head was aching and it was all because he couldn’t get any sleep last night.

He had tried to sleep but couldn’t find the peace to close his eyes because whenever he did, all he saw was the pain in her eyes as she poured out her soul to him. He could still feel the raw emotions in her voice as she spoke.

The words she said to him, the anger, the pain, they wouldn’t let him sleep until they dragged him to the night they had spent intimately. He could suddenly feel the way her body fit perfectly in his, how she withered with his every touch and how she came alive when he touched her in some places.

He thought about her all night, recalling every inch of her skin he had touched and it surprised him how he could remember every single detail he saw just like the dimples on her lower back and how they deepened when she clenched