**Elena’s POV**

I stayed exactly where he’d left me, naked, glowing, and sprawled across the tangled sheets. I didn't move a single inch. I just lay there, my eyes following Stefano as he rolled out of bed to reach for his phone. I watched his muscles shift as he got up. I tracked the sharp, powerful line of his spine. My gaze drifted lower, admiring his bare ass; firm, unapologetic, and perfect.

A slow, greedy smile tugged at my lips.

I never thought I’d be this woman. The kind who could ...