VIVIAN

When I awoke, Jesse was gone.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed. Our time together had been unlike any other I’d experienced. I couldn’t remember the last time a man managed to make me feel that way. Jesse was sexy and attentive and always seemed to know which of my buttons to press to drive me crazy.

And now he wasn’t here, and it sucked because I wanted to feel him hold me for just a few more minutes.

I looked at the clock on the bedside table. I’d fallen asleep for four hours. It was almost six in the evening, and I expected that Wally...