Chapter Eleven
The soft, golden morning light filtered slowly through the thin white window blinds, painting long, warm lines across the dark bedroom walls. I woke up completely tangled and wrapped up in Stone’s thick, powerful arms, my left cheek pressed flat against the bare skin of his massive chest. His deep heartbeat was completely steady and slow under my ear, a calm thump-thump sound that filled the quiet room. Even in his deep sleep, one of his large, heavy hands rested possessively over my lower back, his fingers gripping my skin slightly as if his body refused to let me go even while he was unconscious.
For a long time, I just lay perfectly still in the warm bed, listening to the deep sound of him breathing in and out. The wild, crazy events of last night replayed in my head ov
