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Chapter 69

Author: Kassy
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-18 23:39:23

CLAIRE

I toweled off quickly, feeling the residual heat from the bath clinging to my skin. Asher's gaze lingered on me with a mixture of affection and intensity, which had me fighting a blush that I knew was already creeping up my neck. He wrapped his towel around his waist, his eyes never leaving mine.

Back in the bedroom, I watched as Asher moved with ease, the muscles in his back flexing as he reached for clothes. For a moment, I just stood there, taking him in—the effortless confidence in his movements, the way the faint light caught on his skin. I found myself unable to look away.

"You're staring," he said without turning, but there was a hint of a smile in his voice, as if he had been watching me and not the other way around.

"You're too smug for your own good," I shot back, rolling my eyes to hide the flush creeping up my neck. "Maybe put on a shirt before your ego inflates."

He turned around, one eyebrow raised. "So you admit you were enjoying the view?"

"Maybe I was just adm
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