Chapter 54 After The Vows

• Morning light filtered through the gauzy curtains of their honeymoon suite, casting soft patterns across the bed. For the first time in months, Sandra woke to silence not the hum of corporate chaos, not the echo of threats lurking around the corner. Just the rhythmic sound of Steve’s breathing beside her.
• She turned her head and watched him sleep. The same man who’d once ruled his world with iron control now lay with an arm thrown lazily across her waist, as though he’d decided she was the only thing worth protecting. And maybe he was right.
• Her phone buzzed on the nightstand. Reflexively, Sandra reached for it, then stopped herself. No. Today wasn’t for headlines or emails. Today was theirs.