Knox POV
She has no idea what she’s started. I’m watching her, waiting for the moment it hits, that quiet shift behind her eyes when the reality sets in. There’s always a catch. Always a moment when the illusion cracks, when you find the flaw in someone you thought might just be the exception. And maybe perfection doesn’t exist. I know that. But when I look at her like this, flushed and raw, her body still trembling slightly beneath mine, I can’t lie to myself. She’s perfect to me.
“Safe to come in?” Echo’s voice cuts through the haze behind me.
I turn my head and see him standing in the doorway, one hand braced against the frame, his expression half amused, half unreadable. “Sounded like things were a bit hot and tense in here.”
I release her wrists slowly, brushing my hand down the l
