Chapter 16

LEONA

Just when I was diving into dreamland, my eyes fluttered open and I began to worry.

 I'm so damn tired, what if I don't wake up on time? I thought.

'I'll have to wake up on time.'

'I'll wake up on time.'

I kept repeating that until I didn't know when I dozed off again.

***

A cool breeze hit my bare thighs and I coiled further into the bed, enjoying it. Then a foreign shampoo hit my nostrils. It's a fruity scent mixed with mint. I loved it so I sniffed in some more.

The flapping of the curtains from the wild wind jolt me into a sitting position.

I looked beside me tensely and relaxed when I saw him sleeping peacefully.

My eyes scanned the walls of the room for a clock but none. The only one I found was his Rolex watch which was on his bedside wardrobe but unfortunately at where his face was turned.

I stretched my hands over the pillow bridge I buil