Helen's POV
I was still lying on the bed reeling in the aftereffects of what had happened, I still didn't believe that it had happened, and I felt confused and very conflicted. I didn't know whether I had made the right choice or the wrong one but one thing was certain of was that I had enjoyed the s*x so much, there was no mistaking the intensity of the emotions I had felt, I knew my body could not lie, I had been thoroughly satisfied.
Merrick was not here when I woke, his side of the bed had been empty. I had been disappointed at first to realise it but then I reasoned that he had other duties to discharge that was much more important than laying in my bed and cuddling me. I allowed my gaze to sweep across the room, it was empty and the only companion I had was my sweaty nakedness, my
