The weekend that followed was unlike any they’d shared before.They didn’t scene. Not once. Instead, Alexander did something Vivian had never witnessed—he let himself be vulnerable without the structure of their dynamic to protect him.Saturday morning, she woke to find him already awake, watching her with an expression she couldn’t name. Not desire, not control. Something softer. Something that looked almost like wonder.“What?” she asked, her voice rough with sleep.“I’m trying to memorize this,” he said quietly. “How you look when you first wake up. Before the world gets in.”“That’s creepy.”“Probably.” But he didn’t look away. “I’ve never done this before, you know. The morning after part. Not really. Even with Marcus, I always had somewhere to be, something to do. I never just… stayed.”She reached for him, pulled him down beside her. They lay face to face on the pillow, close enough that she could see the flecks of gold in his gray eyes.“Tell me about him,” she said. “About Ma
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