Book I - 42

SCARLET

I didn’t notice I fell asleep on Luke’s bed. I just felt the bed move and his presence next to me. He wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me against him.

“You look sexy in these clothes.” He whispered in my ear, which made me shiver. I wore a blue silk nightie I had taken from the apartment earlier.

“Luke…” I whispered. “What time is it?”

“It’s past one.”

“And you just came back? What happened?” I tried to turn around to see him, but he did not let me.

“Stay like this,” he said. His arm tightened around my waist. But I wanted to see his face. I lazily opened my eyes. I jumped out of bed to turn on the lights.

“Oh my God!” I gasped for air as I came back to the bed. Luke’s lip was bleeding, and his cheeks were purplish red. His left eye was swollen. I crawled back to bed immediately.

“What happened to you?” He looked badly hurt. “Did Thomas hurt you?”

He smirked. He just looked at me with the same affection. “This is nothing.”

“It’s not! How could he hurt you?” I caught m