Chapter 199

Celia

When I woke up the next morning, I expected to be lying in the bed alone. But I felt the warm embrace of Jasper and lazily shifted in bed.

My eyes felt heavy and I tried to open them to some extent. I saw the blurred outlines of the window and the curtain that was fluttering in the wind.

Jasper’s arm was around my waist and I had one of my legs thrown on his hip while my face was buried in his chest.

Had I slept like this all night?

I tried to pull away and slowly get up but his hands curled around my waist again. I smiled at that and pushed the hair falling on his face away from his forehead.

There was drool on his chin that I wiped off with a thumb and could only keep staring at him fondly.

Whenever I woke up, he was usually gone and I would wake up to a bright sunlight shining in the room and Grace knocking on the door.

So it felt nice for a change that he was still in bed with me. I raised my hand and my finger traced his jawline, scratching the delicious dusting of stubble