Chapter 49
“Remember your promise.” Shaun returned to his bed nonchalantly.

Upon getting his approval, Catherine quickly laid out the blanket on the floor next to his bed.

The man stayed attentive for a brief moment but soon drifted into sleep.

However, sometime later, the woman’s crying woke him up.

“Open the door… Please… It’s cold… So dark… I’m scared.”

He straightened up from the bed. The moonlight that poured through the window illuminated the silhouette on the ground. The woman who had curled up into a ball was covering her ears firmly. Her entire body was trembling in fear.

“Catherine, wake up. It’s just a nightmare.” Shaun stepped out of the bed to peel her hands away.

However, she was completely absorbed in the terrible dream. Her terrified face was as pale as a sheet.

Left with no other alternative, he pulled her into his chest and gently patted her back.

“It’s alright. You’re safe now…”

that slowly relaxed the tension in her

shoulders with some strands plastered along the edge of her pitiful yet beautiful face.

Instead, it was the scent of her

her shampoo smelled until this

fragrance slowly enveloped him until

once she calmed down completely. However, it was already the

 

same pillow. Her left arm and left leg were draped over his body. There was a lingering smile on the corners of her lips.

feel uncomfortable either. He even felt for a quick second that they were like a newly-wed

few seconds before carefully lifting the blanket to get to

view beneath the blanket took him by

the buttons on this stupid woman’s pajamas

this moment, Catherine also

met, and her pupils dilated

scrambled to her feet and kept a distance from the man.

“…”

scoffed in

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