Arriana’s POVI woke up before the sun fully settled into the room. For a second, I didn’t recognize where I was. The ceiling was higher, the air felt different. Quieter. There was no faint hum of the city bleeding through thin apartment windows.Just silence…thick and expensive silence.Then I felt it, the warmth behind me.It was Alex.His arm was draped over my waist. His breathing was steady against the back of my neck. I stayed still, adjusting to the reality of it. This wasn’t a sleepover. This wasn’t a late night that would dissolve into separate spaces in the morning.This was what being married entails. I shifted slightly and his arm tightened instinctively.“Morning,” his voice rasped.“You’re awake?”“I have been up for a while now.” He paused. “You move like you’re planning an exit strategy.”I exhaled softly. “Sorry, occupational hazard.”He turned me gently until I was facing him. The morning light caught in his eyes, softer than I’d ever seen them. “Well, you’re stil
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