AUTHOR’S POV Rhea bit down hard on her lower lip, her breath catching sharply in her throat as pleasure coiled tighter and tighter inside her. Her fingers twisted helplessly into the sheets beneath her while her head fell back against the pillow, soft gasps slipping past her lips. She was so close. Then the door creaked open. The sound sliced through the room, and everything inside her locked tight instantly. Rhea’s eyes snapped toward the door, her heartbeat stumbling violently the moment she saw who stood there. Rowan. Shirtless. Broad shoulders filling the doorway, dark eyes fixed completely on her like he had just walked in on something made only for him. “Don’t let me stop you,” Rowan said calmly. His gaze dragged slowly over her body, from the way her thighs were parted to th

