Raya woke slowly, drifting up from the depths of a deep, dreamless sleep.
For several long moments, she simply lay there staring at the ornate ceiling above her, tracing the intricate patterns of the chandelier with her eyes.
The bed was warm. Soft. Luxuriously comfortable in a way that still felt familiar to her body. Too comfortable.
But the space beside her, the place where Adrian had fallen asleep with her wrapped securely in his arms, was already cold. Empty.
Silence filled the vast master bedroom. And unfortunately, silence gave her far too much time to think.
Her thoughts drifted back to a simpler time, before Adrian Blake had crashed into her life like a violent hurricane and shattered everything she thought she knew.
Back to when she was dating Leon, a man who had eventually shown her he was nothing more than an ordinary, MAN.
