Chapter 217

Lexie lay stretched across Marco’s bed, silk sheets tangled around her bare legs. Outside, the Gold Coast skyline glowed through the late afternoon haze. Below, traffic hummed, underscored by the steady crash of the surf.

Marco woke, his body heavy with the kind of exhaustion that followed a mistake he’d sworn he wouldn’t repeat.

Careful not to wake Lexie, he slid out of bed and pulled on the robe