Chapter 349

He turns and looks at me for a moment, making me hold my breath, and I tense, wondering what’s to come next, but he sighs, and I find myself doing it with him. A sense of letting go in the air as his emotions finally merge with mine, and some of that wall comes down a little, making me relax. He pulls himself up, instantly crawls up the bed, and lies beside me, making the mattress dip, so I roll towards him. Stretching out to meet my position, he gently puts his palm on my abdomen. A calmness to his manner and I hold still and wait for him to make the moves because I’m unsure how he’ll react. His eyes move to where he’s holding, yet his face is so hard to read, and he feels me looking at him and avoids my eye contact. He pushes his face towards me, ducking down so I can’t see him, nuzzling in against my shoulder as his breath plays softly over the skin on show from my light nightdress. His presence alone warms me to my core and calms some of my inner anxiety, sinking against him and e