Sitting upright in bed the next morning, Scarlett nibbled on the inside of her cheek. It was all sore and had these weird chewed up parts, but she couldn’t seem to drop the habit no matter how hard she tried. She had woken up alone, the sheets looked slept in, but they were barely rumpled, and if there was one thing she knew, it was that Wade slept like a crazed wild animal. So now she was starting to question if he even slept in the bed with her all night, or if he got creeped out and went to one of the other rooms in the middle of the night. He probably did. She moved on from that as her mind circled back to everything that happened last night and she smiled. She wrapped her arms around herself as she imagined Wade’s strong arm around her. It was like she could still feel his breath on

