Maria woke as bright sunlight fell across her flawless face through the window.
Her eyelids fluttered open slowly.
The first thing she saw was an impossibly handsome man sitting beside her.
For a moment, she simply stared.
His face looked as though it had been sculpted by the hands of gods themselves. Perfectly symmetrical. Perfectly masculine. A faint, well-kept beard framed his jaw in just the right places.
His skin looked firm and powerful, while the muscles on his abdomen formed clear, defined eight packs.
His charm and masculinity were overwhelming.
Ba-dump. Ba-dump. Ba-dump.
Her heart immediately began racing.
There was only one person in this world who could make her heart beat like this.
Adonis.
Her Adonis.
Yet something felt different.
He looked even more handsome than before.
His crimson eyes had turned golden, glowing faintly with a mysterious brilliance, as if they belonged to a higher being.
Under that gaze, she felt completely exposed.
