*Olivia*

Thoroughly content, I didn’t realize how exhausted I had been until the bed dipped as Gio sat next to me, his warm, calloused hand stroking the skin of my back that was still exposed to the air.

“Carina,” he purred, brushing my hair away from my neck as I lay on my stomach, splayed out into the massive bed. He laid a soft and tender kiss on my neck, the rumble of his chest vibrating as he said, “It’s time to get up.”

The blankets I was ...