Chapter 24

• Violet
• Nothing about last night’s tryst in the garden with Nile had been planned or expected, but this morning it was all I could think about. I woke up in my own room, alone, and wished that I had been waking up with him instead. The sex had been phenomenal but short-lived. I wished I had given myself more time to look into his emerald eyes or feel the powerful muscles of his arms. In the harsh light of day I wasn’t sure I would get that chance without feeling embarrassed by my gawking.
• I hadn’t been with another man since Nile had left me six years ago, and I was shocked that even with the passage of time and the quickness of our meeting, the sex had been even better this time around. Every place he had touched me had made me feel more alive and desirable than I thought humanly possible. Just the thought of it made it hard for me to breathe properly.