Ava

I never thought I could feel this free.

The warm breeze kissed my skin as I stood on the balcony, overlooking a coastline that shimmered like diamonds scattered across silk. Somewhere behind me in the house, Caspian’s voice echoed faintly, deep and assertive — probably in that meeting he insisted wouldn’t take long.

This trip was supposed to be for me. A getaway. A little slice of heaven before we returned to the chaos waiting back home. But for Caspian, everything was always layered — pleasure and business tangled so tightly, I often wondered if he even knew how to separate the two. Still, he brought me here. Not...