Charlotte was sleeping rather soundly when a voice tried to pull her from her dreams.
“Wake up, birthday girl,” Liam whispered.
His words were too confusing to understand when she was half asleep, so naturally, Charlotte chose to ignore them and go back to sleep despite the promise of coffee that she could smell in the room.
“Char, it’s time to get up,” Liam said a bit louder, this time following his words with a kiss on her shoulder.
He’d never called her Char before, but she really liked it. Still, that was no reason to wake up. She groaned and mumbled, “Five more minutes,” to which Liam responded with a chuckle.
“Your breakfast will get cold,” he told her. “You don’t want that do you?” More kisses followed, this time on her neck and her cheek.
“Breakfast?” she asked, her eye
