Female Novel
Chapter 1699
Ian shrugged off his coat and proceeded to rummage through his closet for loungewear. “He didn’tseem particularly angry. I think he isn’t as uptight as he used to be.”
“Ah...” Aurora paused before she muttered, “That means he’s changed a lot. I can’t imagine how he’dtolerate this whole media thing back in the day; knowing him, he would have blown the entire house ina fit of rage.”
He chuckled and walked out of the room after changing into a fresh set of clothes. “Give the guy somecredit. The decades have really smoothen out some of his rough edges.”
“Talk about a miracle,” she grumbled with a scoff.
Meanwhile, Cindy was letting out a yawn as she leaned into the couch. She wasn’t particularlyexhausted, but the events of the day were catching up with her, and if she were to lay down now, shewould be in dreamland in no time.
At the sight of this, Ian stepped out of his bedroom and commented, “Why don’t you go in and take anap? I’ll be out here watching television for a bit.”
She hesitated for a moment before she stood up and took him on his offer. “I guess that works. Thanksfor letting me have the bed.”
At this moment, Aurora interjected as she eyed Ian meaningfully, “Why don’t you go in and take a naptoo? You guys have had quite the day. It’s only normal if you feel worn out.”
He knew what his mother was trying to say and grinned at her. “I’m not worn out at all. Here, why don’tyou sit down with me and we’ll talk about our day?”
Aurora had no intention to engage in idle conversation with her own son. “Well, I’m worn out, even ifyou aren’t,” she said pointedly. “I’ve been sitting around the house for half a day and I would like toretreat into my bedroom.”
As she stood at the doorway of Ian’s bedroom, Cindy heard Aurora and picked up on the hiddenmeaning of her words. She understood that Aurora was only trying to give her and Ian some privacy.As such, she pretended as if she never heard anything and merely walked into the room, although sheleft the door ajar instead of closing it all the way.
Outside, Aurora was still trying to get Ian to move into the bedroom. “Just go and take a nap. You don’thave to wait until I get into the room and end up sleeping on the couch. What’s wrong with the both ofyou? Is there some grudge I don’t know about? Bury the hatchet and make up in the bedroom, whywon’t you?”
Okay, that’s enough. Not wanting to hear where Aurora was leading with this, Cindy called out to Ian,“Hey, just come in here and take a nap. You must be tired.”
It wouldn’t be the first time that they were in the same bed together and they had survived last night justfine.
As Ian couldn’t stand Aurora’s nagging either, he quickly agreed to Cindy’s offer as he padded downthe hallway and into the bedroom. It wasn’t until after he had disappeared through the doorway thatAurora turned to head into her own bedroom.
The awkwardness that had shrouded Ian and Cindy before was no longer there. They were used toeach other after last night and knew what to expect. She lay on the same spot that she had the nightbefore and turned to face the wall on her side of the bed as she pulled the covers over her.
Similarly, Ian rounded the bed and sat down on the other side of the bed before taking out his phone ashe feigned interest in his social media. He didn’t put his phone aside until he was sure that Cindy hadfallen asleep before he carefully slid under the covers. He wasn’t drowsy at first, but as soon as hishead hit the pillow, sleep suddenly washed over him.
As he flipped to his side, he found himself facing the back of her head and he thought about thefeelings he had when he held her in his arms this morning. He kept himself from chuckling aloud andafter staring at the back of her head for a few minutes longer, he felt his eyes close. Soon, he drifted offinto a steady slumber.
Cindy used to sleep like a log, but ever since she started sharing a bed with Ian, she couldn’t quite helpherself. Perhaps it had something to do with her dreams, but she tossed and turned a lot more thanshe had in the past, just like in the present. She had at some point flipped to her side and draped a legover Ian’s waist, a gesture so rough that she immediately snapped awake.
Even though she was shocked, she did not dare to open her eyes and kept them tightly shut as shewaited a couple of seconds before flipping to the other side, thereafter withdrawing her leg. When shewas flat on the bed again, she waited a couple of beats and turned so that her back was to Ian.
Next to her, Ian didn’t open his eyes until he felt Cindy turning away from him. She had woken him upwhen her leg tried to grapple his waist and right now, he glanced over at the silhouette of his back. Hismind soon drifted off and he closed his eyes once more.
This time, sleep had barely sneaked up on him when he sensed her moving on her side of the bed.She didn’t touch him this time, but she did turn to face him. After a minute or two, he opened his eyesand turned to see that Cindy had fallen asleep, her features relaxed. novelbin
Ian took in how calm and at ease she looked before his lips curled up instinctively into an affectionatesmile.