Lila’s POVThe coffee machine gurgled and hissed on the counter, filling the kitchen with the rich smell of a fresh pot.Mom had left twenty minutes earlier for an early shift. The house was quiet except for the low mechanical sounds of the coffee maker and the soft pad of my bare feet on the tile. I wore only one of Marcus’s button-down shirts, the sleeves rolled up, the hem brushing the tops of my thighs. Nothing underneath. I had stopped bothering with underwear on mornings like this.Marcus stood at the sink rinsing a mug, back to me, wearing dark sweatpants and nothing else. The muscles along his shoulders shifted as he moved. I leaned against the island and watched him, already feeling the familiar low heat settle between my legs.He turned off the water, dried his hands, and finally looked at me. His eyes dropped over the open collar of the shirt, the bare stretch of my legs, the way I was already shifting my weight from one foot to the other.“You’re up early again,” he said.
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