Strategic Leisure

Dante

The sun had barely breached the horizon, but the suite was already warm with the lingering scent of roses and last night’s champagne. I stretched, feeling the tightness in my chest loosen as I caught a glimpse of Vittoria curled against my side, the soft rise and fall of her breathing felt hypnotic. For a few stolen seconds, I allowed myself to just look, to memorize the curve of her neck, t