The smell of fresh coffee and butter filled the suite long before I opened my eyes. For a moment, I didn’t know where I was. All I knew was warmth, soft sheets tangled around me, the slow rhythm of another heartbeat near mine, and the steady sound of breathing beside me.

Then it all came rushing back. Roman. His touch. His lips. The way he had looked at me as though I were the only person in the world who had ever mattered. I felt my heart swell with something I couldn't explain.

I blinked ...