Scarlett
I don’t know when I fell asleep but I blinked open my eyes and realised that I had been sleeping with my head on Ash’s shoulder while he was slumped on the sofa, his head tipped back as he looked at the ceiling. “You are awake.” He said.
“Yeah…” Looking around, I asked, “Where’s Raphael?”
“He had to go. Being a duke and all.” And then he looked down at me, his brows furrowed as he asked, “And why do you call him Raphael? His name is Gabriel, isn’t it?”
“Well, you have to ask that question to him.”
“Okay. I’ll do that.” A beat passed and then he asked, “Did you mean it?” I held my breath as he finished, “What you said on the phone, did you mean it?”
My fingers tightened where they grasped his arm and I said truthfully, “I do mean those words, Ash. Every one of them.”
He look
