Chapter 138: Underlying fear

Serena stirred awake to an empty bed. Her lashes fluttered open slowly, her body heavy, deliciously heavy, the way it always was after Dominic.

For a moment, she couldn’t even move. The muscles in her thighs ached, her skin was oversensitized, and her lips still tingled as though his mouth had branded them permanently.

When she finally stirred, her gaze fell on the space beside her—it was empty,