All Chapters of Reclaiming Celeste: A Contract Marriage for Revenge: Chapter 11

We land just after midnight, the Athens night warm and fragrant with salt air and jasmine.I am thoroughly exhausted, bone-deep tired from everything that has happened in the last forty-eight hours. The proposal, the shopping, Christopher, the flight. My body feels like it’s made of some special type of metal.Vincent has a car waiting, and within thirty minutes, we are pulling up to a stunning boutique hotel overlooking the Aegean Sea."This is just for tonight," Vincent explains as we check in. "Tomorrow we'll go to the villa."I nod, too tired to process much of anything.The suite is beautiful, filled with white linens and blue accents, with French doors that open onto a balcony overlooking the moonlit water. But as a result of my tired state, I barely register any of it."I'm going to shower," I mumble, grabbing my bag.It isn’t until I’m standing in the bathroom, wrapped in a towel, that something occurs to me.There is only one bed.We are sharing a room.I stare at my reflecti