Chapter 54

• JaxI had only been waiting for a few minutes when Willow had returned from the bathroom, looking like the vision she was, despite her only being absent for a short period of time. I loved that her beauty was the effortless type, the kind she was not even aware of.
• I admit I may have lost myself daydreaming about our future momentarily until she had reached up to gently brush her thumb across my lower lip in a slow, sensual move that ignited my lust de novo.
• My mate had, understandably, been guarded with her emotions when we had first met, but she had also gradually begun to open up with me over time when we were by ourselves.