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.

the little things between them, feeling like it was all a little

in his life, Josh never thought he would fall in love with anyone else apart from Xyla Quest, especially not his

was

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were full of joy and

a place where

work in the entertainment industry, all

with her

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inspired to write a

in front of the piano and began writing down the melody in his mind in

very gentle tune, every

moment the music started playing, it felt

of the elegant white piano, wearing a gentle look

freely on the

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were incredible. Nobody could hear a thing outside with the door and windows

with the tune he played, finding absolutely nothing that needed

wrote down the song's name above the score;

the score aside and proceeded to

but he had decided to make it the main song in his

would give Annabeth a surprise once the song

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

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out to touch

next to her and finding it still slightly

spotting Josh on the phone in front of the French window

couldn't hear what he was saying because Josh was at a fair distance, and he spoke in