Chapter 25 Plans To Take Over

• Zara’s POV
• I woke to comfy sheets and sunlight. I could feel the warmth of the morning sun peeping through the crisp curtain, revealing golden streaks across the room. I opened my eyes slowly as if someone were trying to wake me up from a long, deep sleep. Then it came back to me. The contract, the look I couldn’t quite name on Leo’s face when he saw them, and the second look he gave me when he said I wasn’t alone.
• It probably wasn’t anything serious. Whatever passed between us was just a mere consolation because we have one purpose and a common enemy. But he was one very confusing man. One minute, he is cold and drawing lines; the next minute, he doesn’t understand why the lines were drawn. I could have done this without the use of any contract, but I needed to protect whatever I had left of myself after he blatantly misjudged me. I wasn’t hurt, just extra cautious. Caution’s not weakness, it’s survival.