Lake:

I sprung up from the bed before sunrise. I wanted to be gone before she could wake up to see me. I wanted to be gone before she could flutter her velvet eyelashes at me, and cause me to place kisses all over her body.

I would go back on my word, and my resolve would weaken immediately, so I knew it was better to leave when she was sound asleep.

I did not bother to take a shower at the villa. Red came to me as a light sleeper, the tiniest noise could wake her up. I ...