CHAPTER 27

Dea murmured and sighed with contentment as she gradually stirred from her sleep. She was surrounded by heat and wiggled closer. She frowned when she felt Theo’s big hands grasp her arms as the delicious heat faded. Theo carefully held her away.

“Dea… Don’t stand so near… I’m not a saint...”

Her eyelashes fluttered as she slowly opened her eyes.

“What… What’s wrong?” she asked, her voice groggy from sleep.

The bedroom was dark but she saw the first streaks of dawn filter through the curtains.

“You’re too close, glikia mou.”

He growled in her ear.

“I knew this would happen if we shared a bed.”

‘Too close?’

She blinked a few times and discovered that instead of keeping a safe distance, she was clinging onto Theo. Her head rested against his bare chest as she listened to the solid beat of his heart. She had draped her arms around him in a loose embrace and her hips were flush with his.

At some point in the night, she h