When Connor got home, it was already four in the morning.

He tiptoed into the bedroom and found Camila still sleeping peacefully.

Moonlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains, casting a gentle glow on her soft features.

Connor sat by the bed, quietly watching her, a slight smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

Suddenly,

Camila's lips puckered slightly as if she were savoring a dreamy bite of chocolate cheesecake. Connor couldn't help but chuckle at her adorable expression.

At that moment,

he felt as though the whole world had become serene and beautiful.

Carefully, Connor reached out and gently brushed a stray lock of hair from her cheek.

Feeling something on her face in her sleep, Camila reached up to rub her cheek.

Connor froze, barely daring to breathe.

Fortunately, after rubbing her face, Camila snuggled deeper into her pillow.

moved to sit on the dressing chair in order not to wake her

back in the chair, legs crossed,

first light

closed his

he, too, gradually drifted off, a

gaps

turned over and continued

In the study,

alarm sounding particularly jarring in

bedroom was so effective that it

ran out of battery,

An hour later,

to vibrate with an

up straight in the chair, reaching for his phone, trying to silence

and the ringing broke the tranquility of

Camila woke up.

searching for his phone, a comically panicked look on his

sleepy and disoriented. She

half-second later, her brain kicked

smile vanished from her face, replaced by a look

finally managed to silence the phone and

Their gazes met.

still for a second, two

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