Chapter 39

Maya’s POV

Want to know the absolute best way to wake up?

It’s with your mate's arms around you, skin to skin, enveloped in his scent and warmth.

I had been awake for a while now just listening to Chase's breathing and engraving every detail of his glorious face into my memory.

I was slightly jealous of his beautiful dark eyebrows and lashes, then his strong nose, slightly crooked but that along with the faint lines on his forehead only made him impossibly more attractive.

I pressed my legs together as I recalled licking his razor-sharp jawline while we made love last night. We had gone at it for hours, pausing once in a while to rest and have laughter-filled conversations but besides that, we had fucked like bunnies until sleep won us over. He had claimed my body so thoroughly that I doubted walking would be possible this morning.

I shook away my thoughts before I could get hornier than I already was and returned to studying my mate. I was surprised that I woke up so early while he w