Scarlet POV
Zain doesn’t pull away. He stays there, forehead pressed to mine, his hand sliding to cup the side of my face. His thumb brushes my cheek as if to anchor us both.
“You okay?” he asks softly, voice hoarse.
I nod, breathless. “Yeah… I’m okay.”
There’s a rustle, the bed shifting slightly as Liam moves, and then his voice again, calmer now, warm. “You both were incredible.”
Zain laughs quietly, but it’s not his usual sharp sarcasm. It’s softer. More real.
He brushes the blindfold from my eyes and I blink, the dim light blurring into focus. He looks down at me with something I can’t quite place, not love, not lust, but something that matters.
“You were amazing,” he says, kissing the corner of my mouth. “That wasn’t just s*x.”
He’s right, it wasn’t. It was something else enti
