Let me go, Mr. Hill [by Shallow South] Chapter 49
“Remember your promise.” Shaun returned to his bed nonchalantly.

Upon getting his approval, Catherine quickly laid out the blanket on the floor next to his bed.

The man stayed attentive for a brief moment but soon drifted into sleep.

However, sometime later, the woman’s crying woke him up.

“Open the door… Please… It’s cold… So dark… I’m scared.”

He straightened up from the bed. The moonlight that poured through the window illuminated the silhouette on the ground. The woman who had curled up into a ball was covering her ears firmly. Her entire body was trembling in fear.

“Catherine, wake up. It’s just a nightmare.” Shaun stepped out of the bed to peel her hands away.

However, she was completely absorbed in the terrible dream. Her terrified face was as pale as a sheet.

Left with no other alternative, he pulled her into his chest and gently patted her back.

“It’s alright. You’re safe now…”

voice had a calming effect that slowly relaxed the tension in her

small face was pushed against his chest. Her shiny dark hair was draped loosely over her shoulders with some strands plastered along the edge of her pitiful yet beautiful face. She also exuded

not the smell of perfume. Instead, it was the

realized how nice her shampoo smelled

him until he closed

her go once she calmed down completely. However, it was already the next morning when he opened his eyes

his body. There was a lingering smile on the corners of her

felt for a quick second that they were like a

a few seconds before carefully lifting the blanket to

beneath the

of the buttons on this stupid woman’s pajamas

this moment, Catherine also slowly

met, and her

lying in his arms. She scrambled to her feet and kept a distance from the

“…”

scoffed

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