Chapter 30

L Kat ying in bed, I stare at the clock on the nightstand. I’m so tired and I want to sleep, but I’m too on edge here in Dante’s bed, wondering if he’s going to join me. And if he does, will he have any expectations that we can just go back to having sex every night just because I’m lying next to him. Will he still sleep naked? I pull the cotton t-shirt down so it covers as much of my body as possible. If I fall asleep, I don’t want to be pressing any of my bare flesh against him. But what if I do though? What if my body just does that in my sleep, like muscle memory? And I wake up draped all over him? The sound of the door opening makes me hold my breath. Shit! Now he’ll know I’m not asleep because I would be breathing if I was. Dammit, Kat! I focus on him instead and listen to him as he brushes his teeth in the bathroom. Then the door closes, and I hear him undressing before he climbs into the bed with a sigh. I stay as still as humanly possibly, facing away from him. He always used