A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 254 "You must have been exhausted," Silas murmured, "I wanted to let you sleep a little longer. I know it's hard for you to fall asleep again once you're awake."

"It's okay to wake me," Calliope said as she exited the car.

Silas followed her, stretching his arms a bit as he did.

Calliope noticed immediately. "Your arm's gone numb, huh? You should've woken me up."

"It's fine. I just needed a bit of stretching."

Together, they headed inside and went to their room.

Silas pulled Calliope into his embrace as soon as they entered, his deep, bright eyes locked onto hers. "Callie, now that you're awake, should we... you know, do something?"

much. 'Men,' she thought

his voice a husky whisper as he leaned in, brushing his lips against hers. "You've been so busy these days. We

teased, one hand sneaking under her sweater, making

catch her, his other hand exploring

she stammered, her words

a triumphant grin before leading her to the bathroom. The steam soon filled the room, wrapping them in a warm cocoon of

swept up again and again in Silas's embrace. At one point, he

hesitantly. She wasn't sure how far their

face. But he quickly resumed, his movements more intense, his whispered

swnovel

continuing to melt he