Chapter 19
I AWOKE SLOWLY inside a deliciously warm cocoon that I never wanted to leave. Blissfully happy, I sighed and snuggled against the source of the warmth.
“Good morning.”
It took several seconds for the voice to register in my brain. My eyes shot open and the first thing I saw was sunlight pouring through a window. The second thing was the wide chest beneath my cheek. I blinked a few times, trying to clear my muddled head, and I soon wished I hadn’t when I realized where I was and, more importantly, whom I was sprawled across.
“Morning,” I mumbled, too embarrassed to move.
A hand moved against my back. “How do you feel?” Nikolas asked in a husky morning voice that made my stomach quiver.
Last night came rushing back, and I remembered every humiliating detail of my time on his
