A Man Can Dream

CASSIA

I stepped out of the bathroom slowly, the plush bathrobe wrapped tightly around me as if it were armor. The cool air kissed my damp skin, making me acutely aware of how little I was wearing.

He was already there.

He stood near the window, now dressed in nothing but gray sweatpants, his upper body bare, relaxed yet impossibly alert. Water still clung to his hair, darkening the strands, and t