Chapter 1814

Keegan watched helplessly as the mattress was moved to Aurora's room.

He roamed around the house with an angry face and found that the only place he could sleep was the couch in the living room.

That was his room, and two other maids were living there. How could a grown man like him sleep on the couch?

He paced back-and-forth outside the master bedroom. He extended his arm to the doorknob several times but could not bring himself to twist it open.

As he hesitated, the door suddenly swung open. Stella, dressed in her pajamas, leaned against the door frame, arms crossed. She glanced at him and asked, "You've been standing there for over half an hour. Are you going to sleep with me or not?"

"I'm not going to sleep with you," Keegan corrected her.

"Ah, sleep in the same room as me," Stella clarified.

Then, he explained, "Aurora moved the mattress from the study to her room, and I have nowhere else to sleep."

Stella raised an eyebrow.

lips together before saying, "I'll grab some blankets

stepped aside,

and took

wardrobe, retrieved a blanket,

Stella grabbed his wrist. "Sleep on the bed. Your injuries

at her hands, feeling the resistance he had toward her was gradually fading. 'Well, at least my hand doesn't feel as cold now,' he thought

eyes and said after

a book from the nightstand, but as he flipped through the pages, he couldn't focus on a single

blanket filled the air, stronger than when he had first come

lifted the blanket from Stella's side. That's when he noticed a

was taken aback when he realized what

did you

caught red-handed, hastily put the blanket back down. Clearing his throat, he tried to appear composed.

okay," Stella responded

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