Yasmine turned on the shower, letting the water wash over her heated body. The droplets slid down her slender neck, over her rounded shoulders, along her graceful collarbone, and onto her full breasts, before disappearing into her navel and further below. The breeze stirred the white curtains, and she instinctively glanced back, locking eyes with Xavier, who was staring at her aggressively. In her daze, she recalled how his mesmerizing gray-blue eyes usually looked at her, confident, serious, determined, devoted, or reverent. But now, Xavier seemed so intense, making her body go weak. She remembered the panther's eyes on the wall of Xavier's room, glinting like obsidian. A surge of heat flowed from her lower abdomen, spreading throughout her body. She couldn't help but tilt her head ba

