Pursuing Her

Chapter 180 Too Ostentatious

When Tristan had finished the work at hand, he went upstairs. Unexpectedly, he glimpsed a shaft of light from the gap in Sophie’s room door.

He walked over and knocked on the door.

Hearing the knock on her door, Sophie placed her phone on the nightstand before going over and opening the door.

“What’s wrong? Is something the matter?”

Puzzlement was written all over Sophie’s face. I wonder what else he wants at this hour.

“No, everything’s fine. I just saw that the light in your room is on, so I came to ask you what you were doing. Are you having trouble sleeping? It’s very late now.” She still needs to go to school tomorrow. Keeping such hours is too erratic, and it’ll be bad for health.

“No, I just talked on the phone with a friend. That took a bit of time, so I’m not asleep yet.”

“Oh, I see. In that case, sleep earlier. Or perhaps you’d like me to keep you company?” Tristan couldn’t resist the urge to tease her every so often.

Sophie said nothing.

Her usual response was silence.

“All right, I was just joking. Don’t take it to heart and don’t sleep too late.”

“I can’t sleep, Mr. Tristan. How about you tell me a story?”

How long has it been since someone told me a story? When we were young, Mom and Dad always loved to tell Willow stories, but they never gave me the same courtesy. Perhaps it’s because I’m too cold and indifferent that they aren’t close to me.

“So, you really can’t sleep? Did something happen that I’m unaware of? Do you mind sharing with me?”

“No, I just have a bit of insomnia. Tell me a story, will you?”

“Sure! It’s my pleasure!” Tristan was more than eager to draw close to her, so he naturally agreed when she proposed such a request.

Sophie lay down on the bed with a premier duvet over her. The duvet wasn’t all that thick, but it was exceedingly warm.

That was the best duvet, a conclusion drawn after Tristan had Felix compare the duvets of more than ten brands.

While she lay on the bed all toasty under the duvet, Tristan only had a white, thin sweater on him.

The central air-conditioning was running, but she didn’t set the temperature that high, so she had no idea whether he was cold.

“Are you cold?”

mouth curved into a

want to huddle under the covers and chat

Words promptly eluded Sophie.

that was remiss of me. I shouldn’t have

heinous

all too similar to such a kind of person then, for he

at me with such a look in your eyes.” He really couldn’t withstand further temptation, albeit her

long as she looked at him with that particular gaze, desire inexorably blazed

past. He hadn’t

I tell you about

such a

nodded. Right. How could someone like him have bedtime stories

a time, we were even sent to

of some incidents that had taken

the four of them forged a

about his past, she

increasingly heavier, and she eventually drifted into

pulled the duvet over her

got out of bed. When she went downstairs after washing her face, she surprisingly

sleep for

the privilege of going to work

plating breakfast at

only need three to four hours of

to four hours isn’t enough. It’s best to have at least eight hours of sleep a

as it was something she disliked, Tristan would change

Sophie shrugged nonchalantly.

then sat down across from him. Taking a piece of hash

dishes, only coffee and hash browns were

had never really liked eating bread and drinking

still preferred a somewhat modern

watching her eat as she was natural without being the least bit pretentious. Whenever he had breakfast with her,

went to The Crown to buy

would take around forty minutes. Yet, he had driven over and bought her breakfast

noticed that you like their coffee and hash browns, so I went there to

for breakfast. Hence, he naturally had