Chapter 190
When Eileen was getting ready for bed that night, she had thought she wouldn’t be able to sleep a wink.
Surprisingly, the moment she hit the sack, she was out like a light.
The familiar surroundings, though lacking their past vibe, still made her feel at ease subconsciously.
The next day, Egbert was getting up early.
After waking up, he knocked on Eileen’s door.
But all was quiet on the western front, no response whatsoever.
Egbert furrowed his brow. He knocked again for a while, but still, no peep from inside.
He started to get in a tizzy, pulled out a spare key from his drawer, and unlocked the door.
Inside the room, the curtains were drawn completely.
In the dark space, one could make out a small figure, curled up on the king-size bed, breathing steadily.
Egbert pursed his lips slightly. Standing at the doorway, he knocked again.
The noise was loud enough to wake the dead.
But the girl on the bed remained sound asleep.
Egbert’s expression turned serious. He quickly walked over, sat by the bed, and reached out to feel the girl’s forehead.
Her forehead was not hot; it didn’t seem like she was sick.
Just then, the girl on the bed stirred slightly.
Egbert thought she was about to wake up.
But Eileen just turned over and buried
Egbert’s expression changed again
face back into the quilt, continuing to sleep.
After a while, he quietly withdrew his hand, got up, and left the room.
Upon quietly closing the door, Egbert still had a serious look on his face.
He first discovered Eileen’s shallow sleeping problem during the filming of Eyes on the Rendezvous.
Back then, Galen had asked them to build up their chemistry, and they ended up watching romance movies almost every night.
But Eileen couldn’t sit through those movies. She would always fall asleep.
However, no matter how deeply she slept, she would wake up instantly if he made the slightest move
It was like an instinctive response; she was always on high alert.
If he covered her with a blanket, she would wake up.
If he moved her body, she would wake up.
If he held her she would definitely wake up.
At first, she would always be very alert upon waking up
to get used to him and wasn’t as resistant,
her guard
thought
he covered her with
was like a bow drawn tight, always on
time, she didn’t wake up despite the
didn’t know what
empty house related to
she be under normally?,
know what she had been
could find out from
Egbert felt a
that
again, it was already
in bed, hugging the covers, and giggled to herself for a good while before getting dressed and
the living room,
the other end of the line, “Won’t be there until one in the afternoon.”
few brief words,
out, he casually said, “You’re up.”
“Did I make you wait too long? I’m sorry, why didn’t you
told her to
went to freshen
found that Egbert had already squeezed out
wasting any time, she finished freshening up, cleaned
time, Eileen was left high and
clothes and a military uniform,
she had to stick to Egbert like glue.
and a phone, and she would have no choice but to
road until almost ten in the morning, and Egbert drove like a bat
awkward, shrinking into the passenger seat, barely
a five-star hotel in
face to the car window, peering
of the car.
thinking to herself that she didn’t know how long Egbert would be
door that he
the window and asked,
thing. I’ll wait for you in the car, just leave the window cracked a bit
asking, “Aren’t you going
“But aren’t you busy
waved her
but quickly followed Egbert out of
all about grandeur and
by the giant rose arch in the middle of the
arch was massive, and full of whimsy and
more surprising was that there was an
seven dwarfs were actually sweeping the floor with
on the other side of the
hotel’s stairs and railings were
looked like something straight out of a Grimms’ Fairy
Eileen’s face twitched.
struggled to
for a moment, took a
see
this a hotel or Disneyland?
say anything.
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