DAMIAN POV.
I was done with the paperwork and meetings for the day, eager to leave it all behind. Mirabel had been on my mind all day,f. For weeks, I’d been trying to make amends, trying to show her I wasn’t the monster she thought I was. Slowly but surely, I was breaking through her walls. Today, I wanted to surprise her, to take another small step toward earning her forgiveness.
I was about to drive out when I realized I’d left the small velvet box in my room—the one holding the bracelet I’d carefully picked out for her. Swearing under my breath, I hurried back upstairs, my mind already replaying how I’d hand it to her, imagining the flicker of something soft—maybe even hopeful—in her eyes.
But when I opened the door to my room, my heart dropped like a stone.
Vivian was there. Naked
