***Rose POV*** After we ate our breakfast in comfortable silence, I excused myself to clean up. I waited for the water to heat up before stepping under the spray of the shower. The hot water felt amazing, cascading down my back, and I closed my eyes in relaxation. The events of the past three days fluttered through my mind. So many life-altering things had transpired, and my old life seemed like a lifetime ago. My content with my previous mundane existence baffled me. How had I ever been happy with pushing papers and organizing someone else’s life? I was only in my mid-twenties and I had already given up. My fresh-out-of-school aspirations of going to Business School had become a long-forgotten dream. Was that why I was so eager to step into this new life with Black? Panic gripped me

