*Elio*
I woke with Cat wrapped around me like kudzu. I loved it when she cuddled throughout the night, but I hated having to wake her in the mornings. This morning, I woke up especially early because I was going into the office at our real estate development firm.
I slid from beneath her, trying my best not to wake her. She mumbled and moaned. I froze. She turned to her other side. Her breathing smoothed out and was rhythmic again.
I sighed in relief. She needed her sleep. She’d been under a lot of stress lately. Some of that stress came from me lying to her or keeping shit from her. I knew she hated it, and I was slowly learning to let her in on what was going on. We did better as partners than we did as adversaries. At least, it seemed that way to me.
