A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 923

Zoe did not sleep well because she was really not used to Jay hugging her in her sleep, and so firmly at that.

She could even feel his breath spraying over her nape.

It was hot, and it tickled.

Frustratingly, he was sleeping perfectly fine and kept holding her the entire night without moving, while she listened to his breathing assume a regular rhythm.

Zoe was a little miserable at that.

She had been worried that Jay would be the one to expose them, since he had always been distant to her. In fact, she was scared that he would push her away when she hugged him earlier.

To think that he would get into character more than she did…

Sighing to herself, she did her best to coax herself to sleep.

She was naturally unaware that the man feigning sleep behind her opened his eyes just then and tightened his hold further.

jolted awake by her alarm

to sea at seven, and she therefore had to wake up at

Jay up, letting him

to get out of bed, Jay

Jay,” she protested softly. “I have to do my makeup for when we go out to sea. We’d be

to hear her, even nuzzling against her

wiggled her

their voices were still being recorded, so she was afraid of waking him-

angry, but she could only keep it to herself, and her only way of resisting

struggled, the more she

tightly—he seemed to be grinding

rather instinctive movement, but it left Zoe

have any idea what he

getting out of bed. Let me go,” Zoe said feebly, keeping her voice as quiet as possible… even

it clearly did not work

was still holding her, and… starting

used the simplest and crudest measure of

the pain, he opened his dazed