Ava
I never thought I could feel this free.
The warm breeze kissed my skin as I stood on the balcony, overlooking a coastline that shimmered like diamonds scattered across silk. Somewhere behind me in the house, Caspian’s voice echoed faintly, deep and assertive — probably in that meeting he insisted wouldn’t take long.
This trip was supposed to be for me. A getaway. A little slice of heaven before we returned to the chaos waiting back home. But for Caspian, everything was always layered — pleasure and business tangled so tightly, I often wondered if he even knew how to separate the two. Still, he brought me here. Not because he needed me, but because he couldn’t be without me.
And that… did something to me.
He could’ve left me in the States. He could’ve booked a suite in some glassy
