Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley) novel Chapter 764

"I can't sleep."

"Why?"

"I have trouble sleeping."

"But don't you always sleep well?"

Vincent stayed quiet.

Clueless about what to say, Elaine blurted, "Well, maybe watching the TV can help you to sleep. Don't stay up too late. Excuse me."

After saying that, she yawned and went back to her bedroom.

However, as soon as she lay down, she didn't feel sleepy at all. While tossing and turning, she pricked up her ears to listen to the sound in the living room.

It was quieter than before. Did Howard turn down the volume of the TV because of her?

Thinking of this, she felt that he was quite warmhearted.

With a sigh, she got up again.

Usually, the hearing tended to be more sensitive in the night, so Vincent heard the sound as soon as she got out of bed that he turned his head to look

at the door.

Hence, when she opened the door, she met with his dark eyes.

His gaze stunned her.

When she saw Howard sitting quietly in the dark looking at her with those round sparkly eyes, she suddenly thought of... the pet dog that she had raised at home.

They looked so alike.

When she was a child, their family had an obedient dog that was very close to her.

Sometimes, when she had to use the bathroom at night, it was quite scary, and the dog would sit under the tree in the yard and look at her.

It was as if it was telling her, "Don't be afraid, I'll be here with you."

Now, Howard, who remained seated in the dark and looked at her quietly, reminded her of that dog.

Instantly, her heart melted. "Are you still up, Dr. Perkins?"

Vincent quietly looked at her. "Why are you up?"

"Ahem, I think there're some sleeping pills at home. I'll have a look."

Howard was a doctor, so he kept a lot of medicines in the house, including sleeping pills.

After a short while, she found one and said, "There's still some left at home. If you really can't sleep, you can have this."

Glancing at it, Vincent shook his head and uttered, "It doesn't work."

"Why? This is a sleeping pill. If I'm not mistaken, you gave me this when I couldn't sleep."

Vincent smiled faintly. "One isn't enough."

"But it's not good to take too much of this pill."

"It's not enough for me," Vincent thought but didn't say out loud.

He had been suffering from severe insomnia for ages and it was a norm for him to stay up all night.

Over the years, he had relied on sleeping pills to cure his insomnia, but his body had become immune to the effect of the drug due to the large dosage he had taken. Because of this, a single pill was not enough to knock him out.

However, Vincent could not bear to refuse her as she looked at him with expectant gazes, hence, he took the pill and swallowed it.

Elaine immediately fetched him a glass of water.

"Here. Drink some water."

Vincent drank it.

After that, she was not in a hurry to return to her room. Instead, she sat on the sofa, intending to wait for the effect of the drug to take effect, and only went to sleep after Howard.

She started chatting with him, "If I'm not mistaken, you don't have trouble sleeping all the while. What happened today?"

Was there something on his mind?

Vincent blinked his eyes and teased, "I can't have trouble sleeping once in a while?"

With a giggle, she said, "Yes. Of course, you can!"

Lying lazily on the sofa, Vincent glanced at her and uttered, "Tell me about yourself."