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But for her, I can resist It’s no longer about my pleasure but about hers, and how ht way Toin a journey that will last for the rest of our lives I will make her mine, bind her toto be undertaken on a whiestion of mere lust

For her, I can wait

Just not for too longChapter FourteenHannahWhen I wake up, there is no et where I am or who is with me No, from the moment I lift myself out of dreams, I remember I know that Marco is here, in ht, his suit jacket and shirt shucked off and placed neatly over the back of the chair, his bare chest and back, themy eyes pop out of my head I could barely believe then that he would et my hands on all of that

But in the end, I didn’t wait – at least, not exactly Because while I lay there in bed next to hihts off, he scooped ainst his chest, and held ht

I think it was the most restful sleep I’ve ever had

Although, what strikes er around one, and I turn over quickly, only to see hi the buttons on his shirt

A fresh-looking shirt, which only has et new clothes while I was asleep?

“Morning, bella,” Marco says, s at me “Are you ready for a day out?”

I blink sleepily “How did you…?”

Marco laughs “My assistant ca She’s very reliable”

The word ‘she’ goes throughI don’t knohy Marco shouldn’t have a female assistant, but it stirs terrible jealousy withinout of the bed fro up