CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
AXEL
Olive’s hair sprawls over my arms and tickles me awake. It’s so easy to fall asleep with her next to me, but difficult to stay asleep the way her body curls up to mine.
She’s so soft and warm, and I want to protect her, to make her feel as safe with me all the time. She’s made a cocoon of the blankets, and it’s silly. I move a blanket up over her shoulder, careful to keep her comfortable trying not to wake her as I stand.
Last night was the last night.
I need to go. If I don’t Barry will leak those pictures. It has nothing to do with me, and everything to do with Olive. If those pictures got out, her life would be ruined. I couldn’t care less about my career. I want to stay with her.
And I will. I will be with her.
But for now, I have to go. I have a flight t
