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.

between them, feeling like it

thought he would fall in

fate was

one's life and make one feel happy. And happiness often comes knocking on the door with no warning. Josh was very thankful that Annabeth appeared in his

his days were full

a place where he could feel thoroughly

industry, all his exhaustion would fade away as soon

believed he would be in love with her for

would never leave

was inspired to write a

piano and began writing down the melody in his mind in a notebook before he

a very gentle tune, every note conveying

the music started playing, it felt as if all

elegant white piano, wearing a gentle look

fingers danced freely on the

a

could hear a thing outside

with the tune he played, finding absolutely nothing

down the song's name above the

piano after setting the score aside

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

would give Annabeth a surprise

to find her

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side was

the

reaching out to

next to her and finding it still slightly

around, spotting Josh on the phone in front of

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