Chapter 11

Caleb couldn't help but feel like this moment was sacred, like he'd been waiting his whole life for it. As he gazed down at Megan's upturned face, he wanted to pour out his heart to her. Expose the inside of his soul, black and blue as it was, and beg her for absolution. 

Of course, it wasn't that simple, and he didn't deserve something like that. While she'd been honest and apologetic, he hadn't said a word about his own secrets. A voice whispered in his ear—fraud, coward—but he pushed it aside.

This wasn't the time. He'd tell her at some point. Just not right now, when he had more important things to worry about.

He laid her on the bed, almost reverently. He flipped on a lamp, and she looked like she had been dipped in sunshine. She almost glowed, like some kind of fairy creature. But when she sat up, a mischievous smile on her face, she was all human—and all Megan.

She crooked a finger at him. "Come to bed, Officer," she purred.

His cock hardened to the point that it was p