Chapter 173 Just A Mistake

• TESSA
• I woke to the warmth of sunlight brushing across my skin. For a moment, I didn’t move. My body felt like it was on fire—not the uncomfortable kind, but something that lingered deep inside me, as though every nerve remembered what had happened the night before.
• I turned my head, and my breath caught. Rowan was still beside me. His chest rose and fell steadily, his face turned slightly toward me, and his lips parted just enough to reveal the softness I never thought could exist in him.