Leia – POV

I found myself on a soft bed rather than a couch, my body still naked under the covers. I gulped at the sight of Xavier walking in shirtless, a breakfast tray in his hand, and a clear look of guilt crossing his calm face. As my eyes met his emerald ones, the events of last night replayed in my mind, and I remembered the warmth of his touch and how he made me feel alive. I had never experienced such emotions around any casual men I had been with.

"Leia, I shouldn't have marked you without your permission," Xavier confessed, shifting from foot to foot guiltily, his...