Chapter 15. Oops. Again?

Rafael

Rafael woke to the sensation of a warm female body snuggled against his. And he knew, without even thinking who she was.

He tried to tell himself that it was because he had not had a female companionship for years and she was the only woman he was attracted to since he came home but he knew he was lying to himself.

Normally, after he’d taken what he needed from a woman, he wanted them gone. Or he was gone. They were never allowed to sleep in his townhouse or his hacienda, especially on his bed. He didn’t even bother to know their names. Nor remember their faces.

But tonight his knowledge was instinctive. He knew who she was. He knew her name. Why wouldn’t he? She turned his nightmares away.

The satiation blanketing him was astounding. He had never been this satisfied before.

He had collapsed on top of her. Wrung out. She didn’t seem to mind. She held him like a lifeline. Soothing him and his primitive side. Eventually, conscious of his weig