Lily’s POV…….I woke up wrapped in warmth.Not the expensive, sterile kind that came from heated floors or silk sheets—but the real kind. The kind that hummed through skin and bone. The kind that made you forget, just for a second, that the world had ever been cruel.Andrew’s arm was draped over my waist, heavy and possessive even in sleep. His breathing was slow, deep, steady against my back, and I lay there listening to it like it was proof of something sacred. That he was here. That we were here.I shifted slightly, careful not to wake him, and smiled when he instinctively pulled me closer, burying his face into the crook of my neck.“Don’t disappear,” he murmured, voice rough with sleep.“I’m not,” I whispered back, my chest tightening. “I’m right here.”That seemed to satisfy him. His grip loosened just enough for me to slip out of bed, my feet touching the cool marble floor. I grabbed one of his shirts from the chair—too big, soft, smelling like him—and pulled it on as I padded
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