SERA
The first thing I noticed when I stepped into the room was the box.
It sat neatly on the middle of the bed, matte black, tied with a satin gold ribbon that shimmered against the sheets.
It looked so out of place, so deliberate, that I froze for a second, blinking at it like it might disappear if I looked away, and then I saw the card.
My name, written in Jared’s messy scrawl, sat right at the center of the box like a cherry on a cake.
I reached for it with hesitant fingers.
Sera,
I have a surprise planned for you tonight. Something just for you.
Put this on, I’ll come get you in thirty minutes. Let me remind you how much I love you.
• J
A soft sound escaped my lips. Something between a sigh and a laugh. God, Jared.
I slipped the ribbon off and lifted the lid of the box, an
