Chapter 65

• Chapter Sixty-Five
• Upper West Side Penthouse – Julian & Serena – Velvet Couch – Friday – 10:37 PM
• The rain had died down and was nothing more than a sprinkle now as the city itself was settled in for the night. Serena lay sprawled across Julian’s chest, his heartbeat slow and steady beneath her cheek. A cozy cocoon of throw blankets and body heat wrapped around them, and somewhere in the background, a playlist had shuffled into soft instrumentals and the occasional low hum of thunder.