Chapter 31: Making Peace

The morning after they made love, as she woke up, Mikki didn’t even have to open her eyes to know that Max was not there anymore. She could feel that his side of the bed was cold and his scent was fading slowly away from the room.

She didn’t dare to move for a moment, going over the memories of the previous night, when she finally gave herself up to Max entirely, in every possible way there was. She had never felt so good in her life.

Max made her feel loved, desired, like there was no one else in the world that he wanted to be with other than her. But as the day passed and there was no sign of him at the mansion, not even a single note or a phone call, Mikki started to wonder what the previous night had meant for him, for them.