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CHAPTER 40: She Slept Through It

Penulis: Amira Lights
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-15 23:17:31

POV: Melina

She woke up feeling warm.

Not the fever-warm of yesterday morning.....that had been uncomfortable, something to push through, her body working against her. This was different. This was the specific deep warmth of a body that had been thoroughly, completely taken care of and was still sitting in the aftermath of it, settled into the sheets like it had no intention of going anywhere.

She lay still for a moment and let herself exist in it before her brain caught up.

Then her brain caug
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