JJ
I woke with a smile on my face.
For one soft, disoriented moment, I did not know where I was. Warmth surrounded me, an arm rested heavily across my waist, and the last thread of whatever dream I had been having still clung to the edges of my mind.
Someone had stayed.
The thought came before I remembered the bedroom window, the dark street, and the final message glowing on my screen.
I’m still here.
I shifted beneath the blankets, and the arm around me tightened.
Reality returned all at once.
Havoc’s chest pressed against my back. His breath moved across my shoulder, stale and warm, and the smile disappeared before I could stop it.
Of course.
At some point after I fell asleep, he had left the television and climbed into bed beside me. The man outside had not been the one holdi
