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…”

calming effect that

loosely over her shoulders with some strands plastered along the edge of her pitiful yet beautiful face. She also

smell of perfume. Instead, it was the scent of her

never realized how nice her shampoo smelled until this

fragrance slowly enveloped him until he closed his

letting her go once she calmed down completely. However, it was already the next morning when he

 

his body. There was a lingering smile on the corners of her lips. It appeared she had a good

uncomfortable either. He even felt for a quick second that they were like a

a few seconds before carefully

the view beneath the blanket took him by

buttons on this

also

met, and her

in shock the second she realized she was lying in his arms. She scrambled to her feet and kept a distance from the man. “Why… Why are you sleeping next to

“…”

man scoffed

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