The last time they spent the night together, Shane Sterling had discovered that Isla Prescott was a light sleeper. If he so much as turned over in bed, she would wake up.
And when he slept next to her, a desire stirring within him kept his own sleep shallow, forcing him to toss and turn constantly.
With the two of them in the same bed, they had somehow reached a stalemate: neither was going to get a good night's sleep.
That was why, on this trip, he hadn't planned on staying in the same room as her from the start.
They were in the middle of picking a hotel when Isla Prescott's phone rang.
It was a call from Annabelle Leighton.
Annabelle had just gotten back to her hotel when she received a call from her family. The hospital had issued another critical condition notice for her grandmother, and her family was worried she wouldn't make it through the night. They urged Annabelle to come home immediately, hoping she could be there for her grandmother's final moments.
