HENRY POV
Maria is tangled up with me, her arm draped over my chest, her leg hooked over mine like she’s afraid I’ll vanish if she lets go. Her coconut scent is everywhere, sweet and warm, and it still has me reeling. She’s here. Right here, wrapped around me like a dream come true. I’ve got one arm under her, feeling the softness of her skin, and the other sprawled across the bed where Dax is spooning her from behind, his face buried in her hair.
If someone had told me a year ago that I’d be lying in bed with my stepsister, completely naked, after a night like that, I’d have laughed in their face. Or maybe punched them for suggesting something that sounded impossible. But here she is, here we are, and I’m holding her like she’s mine—because she is.
I’ve been with other girls, sure. Da
