Joy ends in the morning

Lilian POV

That night, my love and I engaged in a dance of love so deep that we slept little. I was willing to give everything to him, and he was willing to give everything to me, so we were compatible. In the end, we were both lying on the bed holding each other, caressing each other's bodies, having intimate conversations that only the two of us understood, and sharing unforgettable moments. So I was the first to fall asleep.

But the next morning, the loud sound of the state anthem woke me up. It was 7 a.m. on a Monday and the city hall car was passing through the streets of Rustburg singing the anthem and announcing something over the loudspeaker.

“Good heavens, what the hell is this?” Jensen cursed, also being woken up by that sound.

“It’s just the city hall’s car. Sometimes they do that to announce something,” I told him, unwinding from him since he and I had been sleeping cuddled together since we fell asleep.

"Typical. Old-fashioned and sedentary. These are the things that make