One year, one love by Aurora Miller

Chapter 54

Chapter 54

The morning sunlight slowly spread across the room. Doris slowly opened her drowsy eyes and saw a handsome face just inches away.

She was nestled comfortably in Lewis’s arms, her hands tightly wrapped around his lean waist. Startled, she quickly withdrew her hands and scrambled out of Lewis’s embrace.

“Why… why are you in my bed?” Doris stammered in shock.

While she was flustered, Lewis appeared unusually calm. “Take a good look at whose room this is,” he said.

Doris glanced around carefully, realizing with a start that she was indeed in Lewis’s bedroom. Feeling guilty, she mumbled, “How… how did I end up in your bed? I was on the couch, wasn’t I?”

The last thing she remembered was watching TV in the living room and gradually feeling drowsy. She knew she must have fallen asleep there, but she had no idea how she ended up waking in Lewis’s bed.

“Maybe you were sleepwalking,” Lewis replied nonchalantly, now fully awake as he lazily sat up.

“Sleepwalking?” Doris frowned. “I’ve never sleepwalked before.”

“Just because you didn’t use to sleepwalk doesn’t mean you don’t now,” Lewis reasoned seriously. “The fatigue from handling your part–time job lately might have caused you to start sleepwalking.”

Doris was skeptical yet didn’t know how to refute it. She glanced at Lewis cautiously.

His soft hair fell messily over his forehead, giving him an air of relaxed sensuality. Without his usual sharpness, he seemed approachable for once.

His deep eyes, smooth skin, and thin lips were stunning, and Doris couldn’t help but be captivated.

While she was lost in thought, Lewis got out of bed. Watching his broad back, she asked, her face flushing red, “I… I didn’t do anything, did I?”

Lewis turned around with a faint smirk. “What could you possibly do? Take advantage of me?”

“That… that’s nonsense!” Doris’s face turned bright red as she stammered. “You’re a man, and I’m a woman. Obviously, I’m the one at a disadvantage here!”

Her flustered and bashful reaction was so adorable that Lewis couldn’t resist teasing her further. “You were the one clinging to me just now, weren’t you?” he asked.

I didn’t

slept with me, and now you’re trying to play dumb after the

the wardrobe. “I didn’t do anything to you!” she

in, one hand braced against the wardrobe

close, as if about to touch hers. His masculine charm was so overpowering that

stop!” Doris hurriedly covered his mouth with her

Their

was palpable. To Doris’s horror, she felt the

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widened, and her mind went completely blank. The spot where he touched seemed to

I shouldn’t have sleepwalked!

his magnetic, seductive voice sounded beside her ear. “The couch? Are you trying to make sure your sister catches us sleeping in

inwardly, thinking it was a real hassle. “Can you back up a little? I can’t breathe,” she pleaded pitifully, not even

was doing it on purpose, giving Doris a taste of her

all you’ve got,”

a good night’s sleep. He hadn’t managed to fall into a proper slumber until the second half of the night, so he’d missed his usual morning

the time, he decided it was late enough and finally backed off. After all,

away, Doris’s taut nerves relaxed, and her legs gave

darted out of Lewis’s bedroom and returned to her own room, only to

to the living room, where she heard Laura calling out, “Doris, breakfast is ready.

in frustration. “Laura, this isn’t the Webb family home. You can sleep in; you don’t have to go out of your

already feel bad enough imposing on you two. Besides, I’m

up

and Doris came to the living room after getting

incredible in a simple white shirt and black dress pants. Crisp and sharp, he had

crispy bacon, buttered toast, and a bowl of fresh fruit to round out the

few things. I

my favorite–buttered toast and crispy bacon. Laura, you’re the best,” Doris–exclaimed, practically drooling as her

buttered toast into small pieces, pairing them with crispy

crunch and savory richness of the bacon filled her