As they were naked, Xaden trained his eyes on Zuri’s body. He remembered how soft her skin was and how beautiful she was when she came undone. He remembered how she moaned and how her body would tremble beneath him.

She was perfect, but unfortunately, that was not enough.

Xaden approached her and Zuri steeled her heart. She met him in the eyes. His sculpted body glinted under the light and he looked ten times bigger in her mind.

This whole scene and what they were going to do, Zuri felt like she was watching everything from the sidelines, as if she were a detached observer, a third person in...