CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

Astra woke up with the comfortable feeling of someone holding her, and then she was blissfully sore. She froze for a moment as she realized what her being sore meant, last night was not a dream. Astra knew that a dream could not be so vivid and clear. She was with Nicholas night, she was still with him this morning. Astra turned and saw Nicholas sleeping soundly beside her, she took a deep breath as she confirmed it was not Jared. That would have been an issue. Now that Astra was sure that it was Nicholas sleeping close to her, she was not sure what to do with that information. She was scared, angry, and frustrated. She just had sex with Nicholas, and she willingly did it. She just fucked the man that threw her out of his house while she was pregnant with his child, the man that made her pass through so much pain and disgrace. Astra frowned as she remembered how much of an alcoholic she became over time and the fire that had damaged her skin and made her need plastic surgery in the fi