The following day, Clarice woke up at 5:30. Everyone in the house was still sleeping, including Callum, snoring softly beside her on the bed.

She looked at his face adoringly. Her heart was bursting with love for him. Last night, they didn't make love because she turned emotional and destroyed the mood between them.

She felt guilty that she had failed to give him the pleasure he craved.

At the beginning of their reconciliation, she was trying to be patient and understanding of being the ...