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Chapter 18: Sight

Author: Payal Mandal
last update Last Updated: 2023-07-16 11:19:28

After hanging up the call, Miral went to her room and saw Aditya lying on the bed with his eyes closed.

Miral looked around, and for once she thought to sleep on the couch but then she wondered that sleeping there wouldn't be comfortable and after a long and hectic day, she wanted a peaceful sleep.

"This means I have to sleep beside this fool," she cussed under her breath.

She didn't want to share a bed with Aditya, but she was too tired to think about an alternative. Finally, she took a deep breath and lay down beside him.

The bed felt comfortable and warm, and that's why it didn't take her long to fall deep asleep.

The next morning,

As the sunlight peered into the room through the gap in the curtains, Aditya's sleep got disrupted. He slowly rubbed his eyes and turned around.

The moment he opened his eyes, he froze. Miral was sleeping beside him and was in a deep sleep. He couldn't even move his eyes away from him.

He just blankly stared at her as she looked beautiful.

As he conti
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