Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

"I'm guessing you aren't fine," Annabeth Cates took a deep breath and said carefully.

"Congratulations, you've got that right," Josh Batton said teasingly.

Her body grew tense again. "Should I-?"

"No, I can control myself," he assured her.

"Are you sure?" she asked hesitantly.

"Yeah." With that, Josh tenderly pressed her head against his chest, rubbing her back gently. "Good girl. Let's get some sleep."

He switched the lights off them, plunging the room into darkness.

The entire world had fallen silent.

It was so quiet that she could hear him breathing as his warm breath blew against her neck. It made her heart rate go out of control.

She couldn't help but recall their intimate moments together.

She closed her eyes and tried her best to fall asleep without uttering a word.

Josh was doing his best to control himself because he couldn't do anything despite having a beautiful woman in his arms.

He began to calm down after Annabeth had fallen asleep, his facial expression gradually relaxing in the dark.

Perhaps it was due to the adrenaline rush from being on stage or taking a shower, but he could not fall asleep at all despite being tired. After a while, he carefully shifted Annabeth's head onto a pillow before getting up to put on a white bathrobe and went to the balcony. Josh poured himself a glass of red wine before he sat by the coffee table, sipping as he gazed at the moon.

Outside, it was snowing, but it was warm on the balcony.

The world outside was covered in a blanket of white as far as the eye could see, making everything seem pure.

It was the coldest winter day with the highest snowfall in all the years Josh had lived in Atlantis.

Although it was cold, his heart felt warm because Annabeth was with him.

began thinking about all the little things between them, feeling like it was all

life, Josh never thought he would fall in love

fate was strange

comes knocking on the door with no warning. Josh was very thankful that Annabeth appeared in his

days were full of joy

he could come home to a place where

of work in the entertainment industry, all his exhaustion would fade away as soon as

love with her for the rest of

never

was inspired to

piano room. He sat in front of the piano and began writing

tune, every

music started playing, it felt

of the elegant white piano, wearing a gentle look in his

fingers danced freely on the black

a wonderful

qualities of the room were incredible. Nobody could hear

pleased with the tune he played, finding absolutely nothing that

song's name above the score;

the score

the lyrics when he had time, but he had decided to make

Annabeth a surprise once the song was

he headed back upstairs to find her sound asleep, completely unaware that Josh had left

***

was empty

the next morning,

reaching out to touch

next to her and

on the phone in front of the French window

hear what he was saying because Josh was at a fair distance, and he spoke in hushed