Mason’s POV
I lay on the bed, sheets tangled around us, the warmth of Nora’s skin pressed against mine. My body still thrummed with the aftermath of the pleasure she’d given me, yet my mind was a storm of confusion. This moment, this connection between us, had shifted something deep inside me.
I was no longer sure where I stood, or even what I wanted.
My fingers trailed absentmindedly over her skin, the contrast between the cool sheets and the heat of her body a strange reminder of how little I truly knew her, and how much she had become a temptation I couldn’t escape.
Nora lay beside me, her head resting on her arm, her gaze studying me with an intensity that made me feel like I was the only person in the world. The way she watched me now, after everything that had happened between u
