Chapter 46.

I wake up with Noah braced on his elbows and gazing down at me, idly playing with my hair. The sheets are covering my body up to my bare chests, and his is just above his waist.

"Hey," I murmur.

"You sleep with your eyes open, do you know that?" He says it with a smile. "It's quite mesmerizing."

I glance towards the window and see it's still night out. "How long was I gone for?"

"A little over an hour. It's 10' pm."

"I'm sorry I feel asleep." 

"It's alright." He rubs a thumb between my eyes. "I liked watching you sleep."

I stretch, then shift so that I'm cradled by the pillows. Experimentally, I lay a hand on my breast. My heart is bumping along at a normal rate now rather than with that snare drum riff it had reached when he nuzzled just there. It's an odd feeling, to have someone suckling you, to have him pull you inside him. And to experience those mirror tugs in the womb. 

Everything he did makes my body feel diff