Chapter 58

Rafael woke up after a few hours, feeling like an idiot for wanting to lie next to Ruhi for as long as possible. He found her sleeping on top of him, with her head nuzzled deep into the crook of his neck.

Untangling himself from her arms, he got up reluctantly and fell face down into the spare bed next to her. The sight of her sleeping so close to him drove him insane.

Ruhi also felt the loss of his touch and warmth in her sleep and stirred uncomfortably, searching for him next to her. She opened her eyes to realize the harsh truth that she has been sleeping alone for a while now. But when she came to her full senses, she was happy to know it was an improvement today.

Rafael pretended to have fallen asleep the moment she sat up to get a good look at his sleeping face. She watched his chest rise and fall in a soft rhythm, feeling thankful that he was in front of her eyes, breathing, and not how she saw him unconscious in her nightmares sometimes fr