The next morning Aselia woke up before Xiran. Opening her eyes she found her back pressed against his warm bare chest. One of his legs was resting on top of her and his arms and hands were wrapped around her breasts. Although they were covered by a blanket, she felt extremely naked.

This was beyond embarrassing and her face flushed as she looked at her bare body which was jailed by him so she wouldn’t dare escape. She glanced at the clock and it was eight in the morning.

Aselia wanted to get dressed before he would wake up and saw her naked again. She carefully picked up his leg with her free hand and moved it aside while trying not to wake him. He groaned, Aselia quickly turned to watch him but heaved a sigh of relief when his eyes remained closed.

She then picked up his hand which was clutching her breast and tried to move it away too with her teeth clenched in anticipation. As soon as she shifted his hand away from her body, he grabbed her arm and flipped her to face him.

"Ahhh," a slight sound escaped her at his sudden movement and his stormy eyes flicked open.

"Why are you trying to escape me?" He asked with a dejected face, his grip tightening around her body.

"No, I just needed to use the bathroom," she lied and her fickle heart announced to him that she was indeed lying.

"Liar Leia, you just wanted to get dressed so I won’t see your beautiful body, isn’t it? But you forgot, your heart belongs to me now and it tells me what you don’t,"

His hand gripped her face and he drew closer to chew on her rose-tainted lips which were so tender now. Xiran had eaten them all night long and he still wanted more.

"Mhm, mmm," her complaints were drowned inside his mouth as he effortlessly climbed on top of her and sucked on her cherry lips some more. Their softness made him want to bite them but he didn’t want to leave any visible marks on the parts which will be visible tonight.

While his lips devoured hers, his lower part grounded against her inner thighs. Aselia began to lose control again. She tried to push him away but he caught both her hands and continued to kiss her until she was breathless, her heartbeat was so erratic that she was sure her heart will jump out of her chest.

Reaching down with his firm hand, he caught her inner thigh and opened her legs wide to settle in between them. Aselia felt him touch her core and shuddered uncontrollably. Her veins filled with the fire he had lit. Finally letting go of her lips he intently stared at her flustered face while she tried to catch her breath for he had stolen her oxygen.

"Will you try to escape me again?" The silver-haired vampire’s tone was low yet threatening.

"No," Aselia mumbled for she knew if she would resist him, he would prolong this even further and they will never leave this bed.

"Sensible answer," he touched her nose with his and gave her a sarcastic smile before climbing down from the top of her. Aselia wanted to sigh with relief but he seized her waist and went back to cuddling her and buried his head in her hair, resting his lips on the back of her neck.

She audibly sighed before saying: "So you won’t let me go?"

"It is the first time you have allowed me to sleep with you like this, why would I ever let you go? Do you have any idea how much I have longed for this? Let me hold you a little more. I only have a few days before you leave again for who knows how long."

Aselia could sense the anguish his voice held and she turned to face him and placed her hand on his face. The unhappiness was evident in his eyes as they glinted like a stormy sky.

"It’s not like I am leaving you, don’t be like that. I will always come back to you, that much I promise. Nothing can keep me from you," and she leaned in and kissed both his eyes to ease the turbulence they held. The sad vampire just drew her close to him and held her there, near his heart.

He went back to sleep, reassured she won’t leave and Aselia stayed awake watching his poised face. She wanted to touch his hair which fell into his closed eyes but she dared not touch them, instead, she calmly rubbed her thumb on his cheek.

Her cell phone pinged and she reached out with her other hand and grabbed it from the side table. Opening the messages Aselia saw it was Yurian.

[Hey! Partner, I know it’s early there, just wanted to check in. Are you doing alright? How is Xiran?]

Aselia smiled seeing his message and typed:

[Morning idiot, I am having a great time, Xiran is amazing. How are you? Will call you once I am free.]

Her phone pinged again after a few seconds and she received another text from Yurian.

[I am charming as ever and I am happy to hear that, have fun, until later. Bye]

She smiled at his answer and texted back:

[Bye Yuri, take care.]

Aselia then opened the camera and quietly captured a picture of a sleeping Xiran. Although he always shared pictures with her, she had never captured one herself and this would be hers, forever.

She then began to check the latest news and updates on her phone. Rivan’s Winter Gala was hot news in Fashion updates and she saw multiple celebrities planning on attending the Gala today. Unlike Xiran, Rivan’s identity was not hidden knowledge, now that Aselia checked these particular newsies, she discovered he was quite famous.

Around 11 am, Xiran gradually opened his eyes again and Aselia chirruped: "Rise and shine, handsome."

"Ummm," he pulled her closer and buried his nose in her neck, inhaling that intoxicating scent of hers.

"Sorry, I slept so much, you must be hungry and bored," he finally spoke in an apologetic tone.

"Nah! No worries, I caught up with Yuri and the news. He was asking about you," Aselia replied with a chuckle.

"Oh! Say hello to him from my side. I haven’t been sleeping much since you left. It has been after a long time I was able to sleep in peace."

Aselia’s face fell at his answer, how much has he been worrying about her? No wonder whenever she texted or called him, he was always awake.