Nightmare

Not long after Riley brought out two bowls of piping hot noodle soup. Glancing back, Xavier appeared to be answering his phone.

When Xavier ended his phone call, he turned around to see Riley sitting by the table, her wide eyes staring at him.

This was Riley's first time of cooking for him in both her past and current life Although she seemed calm on the outside, you couldn't say the same for the inside because her heart could not help but be a little nervous.

The two bowls of noodles on the table were especially fragrant, Xavier walked over. All of the helpers had already gone to sleep Earlier on there was only Riley in the kitchen.

It seemed like she really made these noodles. Xavier glanced at it and asked.

"When did you learn to cook?".

"From a long time ago, You just didn't know!". Riley blinked her eyes as she answered.

" I promised to let you come home for dinner Even if it's just a bowl of noodles, I didn't lie!". Xavier did not ask any more questions Seeing her eyes full of anticipation, he took the chopsticks she passed over and tasted the meal.

Even the way this man ate was so naturally graceful Riley could barely take her eyes off of him.

In the past, she never looked closely at Xavier But right now, the more she looked at him the more she felt her heart warm up. Her heartbeat also tended to speed up..

If Milly had not created trouble causing their relationship to sour, perhaps she would have fallen in love with him a long time ago, wouldn't she?

Riley stared at him for almost half a day as Xavier noticed he glanced at her and asked.

"What are you looking at? Something on my face?". Riley sighed She felt somewhat unhappy about ending this day with this bowl of noodle.

"Why don't you move your things back to the main room..." Riley spoke with her face slightly red.

Xavier finished the noodles, placing down the chopsticks and spoke with a low voice,

"I'll be in the study tonight I have work to finish, You can rest early." After speaking, the man stood up turning around to walk away.

Riley " ??".Could it be that he had misunderstood her? She was not planning on offering her body using methods of seduction to Coax him into agreeing to divorce her!

She wanted to live well with him! Riley immediately stood up but saw that Xavier was on the phone with his secretary. It seemed like the company did have significant work left to be finished. She could only rub her chin and sit back down, watching Xavier as he walked further away.

She had initially thought that today's first battle was going to be a victory, but she only ended up with a swollen bump on her head instead.

She should have known that Xavier could not be dealt with so easily. Late at night, Riley could not fall asleep She got up from the bed and went downstairs to pour herself a cup of milk.

She thought of pouring one for Xavier too But, she got the impression that Xavier did not enjoy drinking this sort of thing.

She paused her movements, then turned to go upstairs and walked towards the study room door, Pressing her ear against the door. she could not hear any sounds.

It was the first night of spring The hallway was slightly cold. Time slowly passed At three in the morning, the door suddenly opened.

"Riley?". Xavier walked out only to see Riley kneeling by the door asleep hearing the sound of the opened door Riley raised her head in a daze.

"You've finished working, ah.." Xavier's face was upset as he pulled her up.

"Don't you know what time it is? What are you doing sleeping in the hallway?". Riley did not make a sound.

Xavier brought her into the study room, allowing her to survey the room he often stayed in whenever he returned to the house. Just like his office, it was clean and neat There were some documnents placed on the desk as well as two Computers displaying the company's data.

Xavier glanced at her thin sleeping gown and felt her ice-cold hands. Pushing her to sit down on the sofa, he brought a coat over to cover her before standing in front of her, staring at her.

"Riley, how old are you?"

"Do you think Are you a child? Don't you know that if you sleep in the hallway in this weather, you will catch a cold?".

" I just wanted to wait for you to finish working so l could chat with you But before knew it I was already asleep...".

"It's already late. Whatever you want to say, save it for tomorrow." Xavier stared at her face that was already pale from the cold.

As she did not rest much last night, there was some bruising beneath her eyes Right now, there was nothing more important than letting her sleep.

Riley still wanted to speak but was directly brought out of the room by him. He held her hands in his warm palm With no opportunity to disagree, he brought her back to the main bedroom.

With a bang, the door was closed without looking back Xavier returned to his room closing the computer and the files laid out, before heading to the other main bedroom to shower.

He had just laid down when he heard the room door being opened Riley who had just docilely returned to her room ran in Without hesitation, she pulled open his blanket and climbed on the bed leaving Xavier speechless.

"Riley." He sighed.

"Regardless if you are moving backward for the sake of moving forward or vice versa, there is no way we will divorce so Quickly go back and sleep, okay?". Riley buried her face in the blanket by his side, gloomily speaking,

"That is great! Xavier, remember the words that you said today In the future no matter what, we will not divorce!". It was as though Xavier did not hear her words.

He pulled her up by her shoulders, wondering if her brain was damaged today. Riley was about to speak but was surprised by Xavier's hand suddenly pressing against her head.

She let him touch as he pleased, his warm hands avoiding the swollen area on her forehead.

"There's no fever." After touching her forehead, he calmly spoke.

"It doesn't seem like you ate the Wrong medicine either:" Riley did not speak, her two hands tightly holding onto his blanket.

She had a stubborn expression on looking as though even if she died, she would still refuse to move off his bed. However, her two feet poking out of the blanket revealed her nervousness and embarrassment.

Her little toes were curled up, causing her to seem adorable in a way that was difficult to put into words.

Xavier glanced at her, before quietly covering her up properly with the blanket preventing her from catching a cold.

Even though it was just a simple action Riley's heart warmed up. She pulled her feet into the blanket, unintentionally rubbing against his thigh.

"Don't move about as you please,". Xavier warned with a low voice.

"Am sorry, I didn't mean to". Seeing his eyes darken she rushed to pull her leg back But because the action was too rushed, she accidentally moved up and touched an area she should not have touched!.

Even through the fabric of his pants that she had touched, she still felt burned by that area. Her body stiffened, becoming suspiciously quiet.

Riley consciously licked her lips, feeling her mouth and throat suddenly become especially dry and uncomfortable.

"Xavier.... Ah-". Xavier suddenly flipped over pressing her beneath him making her words abruptly became stucked in her throat

"Do you want to know who is playing with fire?". Xavier's low voice landed right next to her ear, concealing an infinite amount of desire.

"I really didn't mean to... Uu!". Xavier kissed her.

This kiss was different from when he had roughly kissed her before In an instant, she felt as though an electric current had rushed through her body.

Her whole body became powerless, becoming lax from head to toe Even though she had been married for half a year and had experienced her first time yesterday, Riley still did not have enough experience.

She could not even give a response She accidentally moved her tongue slightly but was instead kissed even more deeply by the man on top of her. The kiss was deep and heavy, stealing almost all her breath.

Riley closed her eyes in dizziness but suddenly felt Xavier's lips move over to her sensitive ears His low and hoarse voice whispered in her ears,

"It's almost morning If you don't go to sleep right now, then don't even think about sleeping tonight". She opened her eyes immediately she became lost in his deep dark eyes.

"Mrs. Noah, if yesterday was painful to the point of death, are you sure you can handle it tonight?". Xavier initially thought that they would only lie down to have a good chat She didn't even get to consider the possibility that something could happen.

However, after thinking about how he did not let her off yesterday even when she cried to the point where her voice became hoarse, her body instantly shrank backward.

But she had also noticed that he had addressed her as Mrs. Noah, So everything she had fought for today was not completely useless.

Since she was still Mrs. Noah and planned to remain so for the rest of her life how could she possibly avoid such a thing?

"Will the second time hurt as much as the first time?". she asked with her tone somewhat ambiguous.

He clearly did not expect that she would return such a question He stared at her for what felt like half a day, his eyes looking as though they could eat her up alive.

For an instant, his eyes lingered on the love bites that had yet to fade from her neck. He clearly remembered how much he bullied her yesterday because of the aphrodisiac and his anger In less than a day if he were to do it again, she probably would not even be able to move off from the bed.

Xavier sighed before speaking hoarsely,

"Don't test a man's patience I'Il let you off tonight. But If you still dare to stick into my embrace tomorrow, you can experience it yourself." As he said that Riley shrank in his arms quietly.

"Sleep". Xavier rubbed her head gently. Just as he was about to move up from the bed, she rushed to wrap her arms around his neck.

"I'll sleep here where you are!". Xavier's eyes darkened, staring at the young lady whose face held both determination and slight bashfulness.

He stared at her to the point where she could not take it She rushed to remove her hands from his neck, grabbing the blanket to cover her face and hiding from his line of sight making Xavier chuckled.

"If you're embarrassed then go back to your room".

"I Don't want to! I'Il sleep here where you are!". Xavier said rather unhappily from inside the blanket. Finally, unable to ignore her personality change, Xavier laid back down.

His eyes were fixed on the Riley who was still hiding inside the blanket. The room became silent all of a sudden.seeing how silent the room had become Riley carefully lowered the blanket The moment she lifted her eyes she saw Xavier lying on his side, his clear eyes staring at her. Riley blushed under his stare, asking softly,

"You're not sleeping?".

"You're lying here, How can I go to sleep?". Riley consciously glanced at the bed beneath them.

"But the bed isn't small It's the same as the one in the main bedroom, I wont take up your space even if I sleep here! Why can't you sleep?". Hearing her words, Xavier smiled.

"What are you smiling at?". Riley thought that he was still suspicious of her sincerity and directly moved closer to him under the blanket, communicating that she did not plan to separate from him anymore.

"Riley". He suddenly called her name His voice was low and hoarse.

"En?"

"You should have been this aware from the start". Riley consciously leaned closer to him, deciding not to listen to his words anymore.

She feared that if she listened to him any longer she would be teased to the point where she could not sleep.

But Due to her action Xavier suddenly grabbed onto her chin, giving her a deep kiss. He only let go when she began to struggle to breathe.

If they kissed any longer, both of them would not get any rest tonight Riley was kissed to the point where her ears were bright red She shifted inside uncomfortably when Xavier suddenly got off the bed.

She rushed to sit up with the blanket in her arms.

"Where are you going?". Xavier went into the bathroom without glancing back, only throwing one word at her.

"Shower!". Xavier was confused for a moment.

"Didn't he just shower? Why shower again?". It was only after the sound of water went on for a long time in the bathroom that she understood.

With a bright red face she laughed Laying back she hugged the blanket inhaling the cooling and clean scent that belonged to Xavier.

In the early morning at six, the mist began to fade as the morning light arrived. Riley jerked awake from a nightmare about her previous life, sitting up on the bed in a rush.

The space next to her on the bed was already empty. The silence in the room caused her heart to feel empty She rushed to push the blanket aside but because her actions were too fast, she staggered and had to grab hold of the bookshelf next to her.

The sound of the door being opened came from the front The moment Xavier lifted her head she saw Xavier standing there already well-dressed.

It seemed like he had not been awake for long having just showered. He wore a shirt and long pants looking all clean and neat.

"Are you feeling unwell?". Xavier saw that Riley's skin was pale to the point of almost transparency and walked toward her.

Riley only stared at him, watching him When he came nearer, even as he placed his hand on her forehead in concern, she still stared at his actions.

So, everything yesterday was not a dream that happened Xavier retracted his hand because of her gaze.

In the past, she would always refuse his touch Perhaps she she was behaving so oddly yesterday because of of a nightmare?

Had she finally woken up? Was she going to start pushing for divorce again?

"Dizzy?". He did not move to touch her again.

"Maybe the wound yesterday caused Some side effects. You should Take a CT scan today. I'll have Auntie Shu come to help you change clothes." Finishing his words Xavier turned around to walk away with indifferent eyes.

"Xavier!". Riley suddenly called hinm without thinking He had just turned around when Riley suddenly flew into his arms.

Startled, Xavier unconsciously wrapped his arms around her Yet, the little woman in his arms continued pressing herself into his arms with force, her arms gripping around his waist tightly.

He froze for two seconds because of her sudden embrace before looking down at her small head Placing a hand on it, he gently patted her.

"If you're not feeling well, we'll go to the hospital, en?". Riley did not speak She continued hugging him tightly breathing in the smell of the soap on his body.

"Had a nightmare?". he finally asked.

"En". Riley continued her tight grip, unwilling to let go She spoke with a hoarse voice,

"I dreamed that you didn't want me anymore. Once you left, you left for ten years. After that, you even married another woman". She had just woken up so her voice was both soft and filled with dependence.

It was a rare event for her to act spoiled so Xavier rubbed her head, speaking in a low voice,

"Don't think about ridiculous things I will never marry someone aside from you". Riley pressed her face into his embrace and did not argue.

Regardless of how her previous life went in this life, she did not want to lose him again!.

"Is your head still hurting?".

"It's not hurting, Earlier on when I woke up, I stood up too quickly and stumbled. It's all right".

"Auntie Shu has already made breakfast. Go wash up and come eat your food".

"Okay".