Sapphire’s Pov
The first thing I noticed when my eyes popped open was the strangeness of my environment. It did not feel like my room, and was there someone beside me?
I glanced to my side and let out a small gasp. There was indeed someone beside me: Alberto. I felt my face flush as I remembered last night.
He had held me in his arms long after our conversation and talked to me about trivial things that, normally, I knew I would not get wind of.
It turns out he had a very interesting childhood. I didn't know which surprised me more: that I was interested in hearing it, or that he was actually telling me. We ended up lying together on his bed—nothing more, he just held me close to his chest—and before long he was asleep me.
The proximity and my heightened senses overrode my will to
