Chapter 6 Dianne woke up slowly.Warm.Heavy.Secure.For a few seconds, she didn’t remember where she was.Then she felt it.An arm wrapped tightly around her waist.Solid. Unmoving.Rafael.He wasn’t asleep.She realized that the moment she shifted slightly and his grip tightened.“You move too much,” he murmured against her hair.“You’re awake.”“I don’t sleep deeply.”She turned slightly to look at him.In daylight, Rafael Aragon looked different.Less shadow.More real.But no less intense.“You’re staring,” he said quietly.“You’re watching me.”“I always do.”Her stomach flipped.That shouldn’t feel intimate.But it did.“You don’t have surgery today,” he added.Her brows furrowed. “How do you know that?”“I checked.”“Of course you did.”A faint smirk touched his lips.He brushed his thumb lightly over her hip, almost absentmindedly, like he was reassuring himself she was still there.“You’re not going to work,” he said.“I am.”“No.”She pulled back slightly. “You don’t cont
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