Riley POV
I woke with one arm trapped beneath Sophie and Luca staring at me from the other side of the bed.
For several seconds, I did not understand where I was.
The room was dim, filled with the soft grey light of early morning. Sophie’s stuffed rabbit rested near my face, one of her knees pressed against my stomach, and a blanket covered only half of my body. My neck hurt from sleeping at an uncomfortable angle, and my left hand had gone numb beneath the little girl’s weight.
Then the night returned.
The nightmare.
Sophie running into Luca’s office.
The unfinished conversation.
Luca’s hand against my face.
The almost kiss.
The question Sophie had asked while holding both of us.
What about Riley?
Neither of us had answered.
Now Sophie slept peacefully between us, unaware tha
