VIVIAN
When I awoke, Jesse was gone.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed. Our time together had been unlike any other I’d experienced. I couldn’t remember the last time a man managed to make me feel that way. Jesse was sexy and attentive and always seemed to know which of my buttons to press to drive me crazy.
And now he wasn’t here, and it sucked because I really wanted to feel him hold me for just a few more minutes.
I looked at the clock on the bedside table. I’d fallen asleep for four hours. It was almost six in the evening, and I expected that Wally would be returning shortly from school. I had to make a hasty exit and get back to my room before he could suspect something was up.
I quickly gathered my clothes and pulled them on, combing my fingers through my hair in an
