Viya's POV
Heat flooded through me at his words. God, this man. Climbing through my window like some kind of lunatic just to see me.
"You're insane," I whispered, but my pulse was racing for entirely different reasons now. I glanced nervously at the door. "If they find you here—"
"Then we'd better be quiet."
He stepped closer, and suddenly the space between us felt charged, electric.
"Caesar..." I breathed his name, and it came out shakier than I intended.
His hand came up to cup my jaw, thumb brushing across my lower lip. "I couldn't stay away from you. Every night without you has been hell."
Before I could respond, his mouth was on mine—demanding, possessive, stealing the breath from my lungs. I melted into him, hands fisting in his shirt as he walked me backward t
