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.

was asleep! I didn’t know anything!” replied Doris.

stepped toward her. “Doris, you slept with me, and now you’re trying

wardrobe. “I didn’t do anything to you!” she protested, a mix of innocence and frustration in

I help you remember?” Lewis leaned in, one hand braced

features were inches away, and his piercing eyes locked onto hers. His thin lips were dangerously close, as if about to touch hers. His masculine charm was so overpowering that it

mouth

Their

met, and the tension was palpable. To Doris’s horror, she felt the light brush of his

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blank. The spot where he touched seemed to ignite, a

turned her back to Lewis and said, “I was wrong! I shouldn’t have sleepwalked! You could’ve just thrown me

back. He lowered his head, and his magnetic, seductive voice sounded beside her ear. “The couch? Are you trying to make sure your

back up a little? I can’t breathe,” she

He was doing it on purpose, giving Doris a

all you’ve got,” Lewis

cost him a good night’s sleep. He hadn’t managed to fall into a proper slumber

finally backed off. After

up. As soon as he moved away, Doris’s taut nerves relaxed, and her legs gave out. She grabbed onto the wardrobe for support to keep herself from sliding to

Without wasting another second, she darted out of Lewis’s bedroom and returned to her own room, only to find her bed perfectly made and Laura already gone.

out, “Doris, breakfast is ready. Go get Lewis to

Webb family home. You can sleep in; you don’t have to go out of your way to make breakfast for

“I already feel bad enough imposing on you two. Besides, I’m used to cooking breakfast. If I don’t, something feels off.”

go wash up first,”

came to the

black dress pants. Crisp and sharp, he had an air of understated elegance, and his long

crispy bacon, buttered toast, and a

things. I

bacon. Laura, you’re the best,”

buttered toast into small pieces, pairing them with crispy bacon

crunch and savory richness of the bacon filled her mouth,