Mia woke up slowly with a slight frown on her face. She felt something warm wrapped around her waist and for a second she couldn’t place it. Then she remembered.
Her eyes fully opened as she turned her head to the sight of Callum who was still asleep beside her.
She hadn’t expected it. Some part of her had convinced itself that she would wake up alone, that sometime during the night he would have slipped back to his room. Instead he was exactly where he’d fallen asleep, one arm resting loosely around her, his breathing slow and even.
He looked peaceful. Mia laid there and studied him while last night replayed in her head. She smiled to herself.
Carefully, she tried to lift his arm. It didn’t move. She tried again, a little more firmly and his hand tightened instead. She let out a smal
