Chapter 61 Understand (III)

In the night, she kept rolling to the edge of the bed in her sleep, and each time he discovered it, he pulled her back. After a few repeats, he grew impatient and simply wrapped his arms and legs around her. His body was as warm as a furnace, and in her drowsy state, she murmured about the heat and tried to wriggle free. But a threatening exploration of his fingers made her too frightened to resist any further; she knew all too well what he was capable of.

When Julian Sterling awoke, Lily Parker was not in the room.

He walked around barefoot, not finding her anywhere, and with a stern face, he pulled open the bedroom door, not expecting to be greeted by the aroma of frying eggs. Following the scent, he found Lily busy in the kitchen. She was wearing an apron, flipping eggs in a non-stick pan, with two sandwiches and milk already set