Chapter 276 Sleepwalking

Adam returned home after midnight. The house was silent and dark. He assumed Claire might be asleep. He made his way to the bedroom, expecting to find her there, but she wasn’t. Disappointment washed over him.

He then headed to the guest room Claire had been using. Without knocking, he pushed the door open and found her asleep inside. He wasn’t pleased to see her sleeping there. Although it had been their arrangement to sleep in separate rooms, something about it suddenly felt wrong, and he realized he wanted her to be in his bedroom instead.

Something had truly changed after their visit to Florence, and Adam found himself wanting his contrac wife even more. They had been living together in the house after their wedding, both fighting their mutual attraction and pretending indifference. But after making love to Claire, Adam found it incredibly difficult to stay away from her. He wanted her, and he wasn’t going to deny it. Though he wasn’t sure how Claire felt, he sensed that she wanted him too. He was sure about it after experiencing how passionate she had been with him last night. Standing in the doorway with his hands in his jeans pockets, he just watched her sleep, her face relaxed in peace, her breathing steady.

Claire had curled up into a ball, her face serene, looking like a child at rest. His anger, the frustration of the day, began to melt away as he stared at her, lost in the tranquility she brought. A hopeless smile tugged at the corners of his lips.

warmth. Adam

teddy bear, still fast asleep. Adam held her close, the weight of the long, tiring night shoot weighing on him. But with Claire in his arms, he felt an unexpected sense of peace. It didn’t take long for him to fall asleep as well, content and at ease for the

mind struggled to make sense of the sensation. When she shifted slightly, she realized she was trapped in a pair of strong,

whimpered, squirming against the steely

grip around

next to her. She froze, her breath hitching as reality

in her own bed in the guest room. Had she

raced, filled with worry about how Adam would react when he realized she

Chapter 276 Sleepwalking

tried to free herself from his unyielding grasp, but Adam’s arms were like steel, holding her firmly in place. Realizing she had no chance of breaking free on her own, she nervously shook him

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