Raeleigh woke up after a night's sleep. She found herself lying in Jepherson's arms and was stunned for a moment before she extricated herself from his embrace.
The night before...
Raeleigh tried to recall carefully what had happened and concluded that she had once again been cheated by his peaceful appearance.
Raeleigh got up and stared at Jepherson, who slowly woke up and opened his eyes to look at her. Jepherson's sleepy eyes fell on Raeleigh's little face, as if he had something he was very happy about. His thin lips moved and he stretched his body. Then, he stood up, walked over to the bed, peeled back the covers, and collapsed onto it. Under the covers, Jepherson said, "This is the worst kind of weather. It makes one feel lethargic. Since we're stuck indoors, we might as well sleep for a while longer."
After saying that, Jepherson patted on the left side of the bed with his hand. The soft bed was covered with a pure white quilt. With Jepherson's elegant hand on top of it, she fell silent. She looked around and saw that it was still raining outside the window. She did not know why it was raining in that season.
Raeleigh did not go over to lie down beside him. Instead, she went back to the couch and turned on the television, watching it on mute, as she wondered in her heart when the rain would let up. Otherwise, she won't be getting home that day.
Jepherson didn't care too much. He hadn't rested all night. What else could he have done when he was holding his beloved in his arms? He was young and energetic. He could control himself, but he was patient enough. It was like a fairy tale, to be sleeping in like this.
Raeleigh watched the TV for a while and she then decided to make a phone call to Scarlette, but she did not answer the phone. Raeleigh stood up. She took a look at the sleeping Jepherson, who looked like he was really at ease.
Raeleigh opened the door and saw Stuart standing at the door.
"Miss Anson," Stuart called out politely.
Raeleigh glanced at Stuart and said, "I want to see Scarlette."
Stuart hesitated for a moment and turned to the room opposite of Jepherson's. He raised his hand and knocked on the door of the room. It was not long before he came out of that room and opened the door. Scarlette came out groggily with a bed of messy hair. She was wearing white pajamas.
The moment Raeleigh saw her, she stared at her with her round eyes, as if she had been poisoned.
About more than a dozen seconds later, Scarlette raised her hand and scratched her head. "Raeleigh."
Raeleigh fixed her eyes on Scarlette. "It seems like you are enjoying yourself."
Raeleigh spoke and walked in. She could not be more impressed by Scarlette. How could she sleep so soundly like this in such a situation?
"How did you..." Raeleigh went in and had just turned around as she shut the door when her eyes inadvertently landed on the bed in the room. On the bed lay a man about 1.80 meters tall, with no clothes on and an exposed upper body. His bronze skin was smooth and glistening, which made him look like a bodybuilder. The quilt was covering the man's waist and his lower body.
Raeleigh could not see the man's face clearly. His face was turned to the other side. Raeleigh could only see the back of his head that was full of black hair. However, she felt like she had seen him before, as though she knew him from before.
But Raeleigh was shocked by the suddenness of the situation. She neither spoke nor looked at him any further, but turned slowly to look at Scarlette.
She came back from the door and grabbed two locks of her hair. "He's the one who was watching me. I was tired from all the gaming, so I went to sleep. There is only one bed, so we had to share."
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