Chapter 31

31 Let’s Explore 2

Mara

Lucian had been the perfect gentleman at the resort.

With no Martha. No Darian. No noise. It was just us.

And in that rare, quiet space, something shifted.

We laughed, talked, shared little stories about who we were before all this. Our likes. Our quirks.

He told me how he always drank his tea too hot. I told him,how I sometimes fall asleep to the sound of water.