Jasmine let out a soft laugh, closing her eyes as she breathed in the scent of cedarwood, sun, and sea. Safe in his arms at the edge of the world, she knew she had never been exactly where she was supposed to be.
The warm twilight that had filtered through the white-washed suite gradually surrendered to the deep, indigo shadows of a Mediterranean night. Outside, the stars blossomed across the open sky, and the Aegean Sea murmured a steady, rhythmic lullaby against the volcanic cliffs far below.
Inside, the cool limestone sanctuary had become entirely their own world—a private universe untethered from time, schedules, or the relentless demands of the city they had left behind.
They didn't sleep.
When the initial lazy heat of the afternoon faded into the cool whisper of the evening b
