Hailey's pov
The knock came softly, almost hesitant, like a secret heartbeat in the quiet night.
I sat up in bed, my own heart pounding wildly for reasons I couldn’t name, and glanced at the door. It was well past midnight. The house was silent; everyone should have been lost in dreams.
I slipped out of bed, my bare feet whispering across the floor, and cracked the door open just enough to peek through.
There he was...Roy..In all his glory.... standing in the dim hallway light, gloriously shirtless, his dark hair still damp and tousled from the shower. Tiny rivulets of water glistened on his broad, sculpted chest like stars scattered across a night sky. My breath caught. My mind went completely, deliciously blank.
“Oh,” I whispered, the single syllable tumbling out like an i***t’s c
