Chapter 4:
Stormy Railing at 3 A.M.
The ship had been rocking harder since dinner. By midnight the announcements warned passengers to stay inside their cabins due to an unexpected tropical storm. I lay in the massive presidential bed, silk sheets tangled around my naked body, when my phone buzzed with a single text from an unknown number: Upper deck crew overlook. Thin silk robe only. Nothing underneath. 3 AM. Don’t make me wait.
My stomach flipped with nerves and dark excitement. I slipped on the short emerald silk robe Kai must have had delivered earlier it barely reached mid thigh and clung to my skin like it was already wet. The walk through the empty corridors felt dangerous. The ship pitched and rolled beneath my bare feet as I climbed the hidden stairs to the restricted upper de
