Chapter 19

Roxanne's POV:

I was woken up by the sound of the door closing carelessly.

I quickly sat upright, my eyes blurry, and blinked a few times. Once my vision cleared, I looked at the window.

The curtains were wide open, revealing the nighttime darkness of the room with the lights turned off.

I sadly looked at my empty bedside, then lay down, ignoring the fact that I was completely naked.

I knew he wouldn't be next to me, but deep down in my heart, I wished he could be. Just the thought of him being away from me made my heart ache.

After he had sunk his fangs into my skin for a second time, everything escalated quickly. His hands were on my body, and this time he lifted me up without a word and took me to the bedroom. There, he took off my boxers, touching me the same way he had done back in the living room. But unlike then, he took everything slowly and much more gently, as if he was exploring something so precious and interesting to him. As he drank from me, all I could do was enco