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I didn’t like that for two reasons Because I didn’t like the idea of her regretting retted

Especially when the sex was that good

And it was

Everyone who knew otten around ood, soet

But I couldn’t think of a single other instance where it felt as all-consu as it had with Shawn

Which ret even harder to come to terms with

I mean, the woman didn’t even come dohen I’d purposely brewed coffee to try to entice her down

It was clearly a serious sort of upset

The day turned to night and she didn’t co to eat

I took her e, then tookthat the least I could do was stay in my own room and quiet to allow her toto run into me if she didn’t want to

It was about an hour after I sat down in the chair in my room that I heard her door open A minute later, I could hear her feet on the stairs as she went downstairs

I pictured her down there, ruies

I didn’t dare to ive myself away, but I could see the outline of her on the back deck, staring out into the darkness for a solid twenty minutes before she suddenly took a slow, deep breath, then made her way back to the villa

I had no idea what she did for the next hour, but I could occasionally hear her s about, before, finally, she made her way back upstairs to lock herself into her room

I went to sleep, figuring the next day would bein her roo me

So I was beyond shocked when I was standing in the doorway to the back deck watching for signs of Adnan and the boat bringing so fresh to eat from his lovely wife and I heard footsteps on the stairs

I hadn’t exactly been quietcoffee

She had to knoake and around

I felt an unexpected surge of hopefulness that she’d worked through what had to be co sex with a man you saw of as your kidnapper, that she’d decided to ain

Turning, I watched as sheht of her