AUTHOR'S POV
Darlene awoke to the soft sound of movement in her hotel room, with morning light filtering through the curtains. She stretched lazily, the sheets slipping down her bare skin as a lazy smile lit up on her face at the sight of Kayde already getting dressed.
He was half-naked, wearing only his jeans and barefoot, muscles shifting beneath his tattooed skin as he reached for his shirt, and Darlene slipped out of bed and approached him naked.
“You were really going to leave without saying goodbye?” she asked, a knowing look in her eyes that quickly turned mischievous.
Before he could answer, she rose on her toes and kissed him, biting his lower lip hard enough to draw a small bead of blood. She licked it away slowly, like she was tasting the metallic tang, then pushed him bac
