Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 495 Do You Need My Help

"Sleep?" I almost choked after I heard what he said. My face turned red as I raised my head and looked at him.

Jack chuckled helplessly. "What's on your mind, Eva?"

He plopped down on the couch and checked his watch. "We only have about five hours, Eva. I booked an 8:00 am flight. So, we have to sleep while we can." Jack didn't look at me afterward. Instead, he draped a coat over himself. I stared at him in a daze for a long time before I slowly made my way to the bed.

It was just that I just couldn't fall asleep when I listened to his breathing.

"Do you need me to tell you a bedtime story, Eva? Once upon a time..."

I couldn't hold it in anymore. I laughed and said, "That's enough. You don't have to do it."

I hid myself under the blanket and thought about some fairy tales before I drifted off to sleep. It was a restful sleep, and I slept all the way to the next morning.

I had to cancel some of my plans for the day before I could follow Jack to the airport. He was extremely busy; he kept talking on the phone and reading reports during our journey.

However, I remained quiet when I saw how busy he was. After we got onto the plane, he didn't have any free time either; he was still reading documents on his laptop. Jack seemed to sense my gaze. He turned around and

ahead and focus on your work."

an employee who wasn't serious about her job. So, I also took out my laptop. I wanted to check if there was any issue with my

knew, someone closed my

rest. We'll be there soon. It's very

doing the same?"

and closed his laptop as well. "Alright. We'll both stop looking at documents. Let's catch

stared into Jack's

felt as if my

I

closed my eyes. With that said, I seemed to be able to sleep faster with him around. Case in point, I fell asleep in

than five minutes.

time for us to go back, Eva. If you're tired, how about I send you back to the

and quickly shook my head. There was an uphill battle waiting for me today. If I took the offer and went back

back to the company, I preemptively stopped him and said, "Um... Can you stay out here for a couple of minutes? All I need is a couple of minutes. If they find out that I walked

Jack looked at me,