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.

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

never thought he would fall in love with

fate was

And happiness often comes knocking on the door with no warning. Josh was very thankful that Annabeth

his days were

could come home to a place where he

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

be in love with

never leave

was inspired to write

began writing down the melody in his mind in a notebook before

a very gentle tune, every note conveying warmth

playing, it felt as if all

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

on

was a wonderful

were incredible. Nobody could hear a thing outside

the tune he played, finding absolutely nothing that

name above the

piano after setting the

would work on the lyrics when he had time, but he had decided to make

surprise once

headed back upstairs to find her sound asleep,

***

was

the next morning,

out to touch

next to her and finding it still

glanced around, spotting Josh on the phone in

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