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Chapter 15

Autor: Jane Besh
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-04-18 17:30:28

Rowan Pov

She was looking at me as if I’d gone mad.

Maybe I had.

“I have to wash you,” I insisted. Calmly. Relentlessly. I stood there in my completely exposed, unashamed glory, surrounded by the wreckage of a bedroom that looked like it had been hit by a hurricane.

She sat on the edge of the silk duvet, her gaze darting from my face to... well, everything else, before snapping back up.

She looked like she was debating whether to scream, flee, or reach for the heavy silver tray to finish the
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