Chapter 74 - Scent And Warmth... (2/2)

When I woke up, it was already dark. The lights were still closed and the only thing that illuminated the darkness were the fairy lights outside. The couch where we sat was near a large balcony, and the garden outside could be seen from it.

'What a beautiful sight.'

I scooched in and rubbed my cheeks on Kaiden's chest, still half-awake. I wanted to get some more sleep. When I closed my eyes again, I suddenly realized…

”Oh my goodness!” I blurted out in my surprise.

I immediately got up and separated myself from Kaiden's arms.

A sudden rush of memories from earlier came flooding in my mind.

”Waaaaaa,” I screamed silently and reprimanded myself, ”Senara, what are you thinking?! How dare you take advantage of Kaiden's kindness? You even… you… you… Waaaaah! You shamelessly hugged him! For HOURS!” I covered my face in embarrassment. ”You big, scaredy cat! Oh no… what will I do?”

I glanced at Kaiden who was peacefully sleeping at that time.

”That position… must have been uncomfortable for him,” I murmured to myself.

Yes. His head was bowed down without anything supporting it. He could have used the arms of the couch as a pillow but I was leaning on him and fell asleep! He probably didn't want to wake me up so he didn't move.

Standing up, I looked around and searched for a pillow. There were lots on his monochrome bed so I went there and took one. On my way back to him, I couldn't help but spin my head around, gawking at the beauty of his room.

I expected Kaiden's room to be very masculine in a way, but despite the neutral colors, it looked rather comfortable. And it had his gentle scent—probably his perfume? What's weird though was how I'm not sneezing. Hmm… Was it because the scent was gentle on the nose? Like it was barely there?

When I reached Kaiden, I leaned over him and placed the pillow beside his head. I was going to touch his head, to guide it to lay on the pillow but I hesitated.

'Is it okay to touch his head? He said he's fine if there's clothes—not the skin itself. But in that case… where does the hair fall? It's not skin, and it's not clothes either.'

”Hmm… Should I or should I not?” I asked myself, still leaning over him.

To my surprise, Kaiden chuckled.

”Should what?” he asked as he opened his eyes.

His lips curved into a handsome smile.

'Stop it, Senara. I told you many times. There's no handsome or unhandsome way of doing things.'

Getting back to my senses, my eyes widened and blinked a few times.

”H-have you been awake all this time?”

He inched closed and leaned nearer to my face, smirking.

”What do you think?”