Elena’s POV My life had been running on chaos since the very first day I started working with Dax. I’m just so tired of everything. One second, he was almost tearing another man apart. The next, I was being swept away by his best friend’s wife like we were on a girls’ getaway. Aliyah didn’t give me a choice. She linked her arm with mine and said, “The men can handle themselves. You’re with me today.” And somehow, I found myself nodding. Maybe I needed the distraction. Maybe I needed someone who didn’t look at me like I was a bomb waiting to go off. The resort spa looked like something out of a movie—soft lights, white robes, and the faint scent of jasmine in the air. I hadn’t done anything remotely luxurious in… well, ever. My idea of self-care back home was stealing fi

