CHAPTER 40 – JOANNA
WARSAWHe stroked the small of her back in a way that reassured Joanna and brought with it the possibility of sleep, which an hour before would have seemed unfathomable.
“Will you stay here tonight?” she murmured hopefully, but she was already certain of the answer. Unlike any of the previous men that she’d let into her life before him, Oskar always stayed until the morning, wrapping himself around her unself-consciously, his limbs interlaced with hers. At first she found it uncomfortable, but she soon realised that she couldn’t fall asleep any other way – she melted into the warmth, familiarity and safety of the embrace.
“Of course,” he said, surprised at the question. “Tonight more than ever because I’m worried about you.”
“Why?”
He breathed in deeply and she smel
