“You’re officially mine starting tonight.”

I looked at Maverick from the reflection in his bedroom mirror. He is on the end of the bed drinking alcohol.

I continued to comb my hair. We just finished taking a shower together.

He let me borrow his shirt and boxer again. It was like I was back on the island again.

“And then what?”

I saw him straighten up.

“What do you mean?”

“What will happen after I say yes? Endless dates? Knowing stages? Unlimited sex? And then what? You’ll dump me right after you’re done with me. Why would we go through all that when we could easily end it this instant,...