322: LATE NIGHT CHUCKLES

ARIEL’S POV

“But I have a question, Ariel,” Luke vocalized, and I wondered what it was that he

wanted to say.

Moving my hand around his chest, I uttered, “Go ahead, sire. Speak out whatever is

on your mind.”

“Since you’re not living with Laura anymore, I’m just wondering.” He fixed his eyes on

  1. me. “Where will you be working now?”

I arched my eyebrow. “Oh, seriously? Is that your question?”

“Well, yeah. I mean, come on, I’m just curious. And concerned around here. If your

want, I can let you work at my company.”

“Thanks, but t

won’t be necessary,” I brought out.

Luke looked at me for seconds and finally spoke, “Oh, I see.” But his tone was low.

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“Don’t forget that about the Vitality Group. I grinned at him.

“Oh, right. The Vitality Group. I totally forgot. You’re going to be working with your‘

second husband.“”

I sighed promptly. “Please don’t say that.”

“Don’t get upset; I was just joking.”

“Well, don’t joke like that,” I told him.

“Okay, then. I guess it’s time to go to sleep,” Luke stated, covering our bodies with the bed sheet. “Goodnight, Ariel,” he said softly, kissing me on the forehead.

Luke.” I smiled at him, closing my eyes while

the next minutes in silence, I drifted

looked everywhere and realized that I

wrong time. Glancing back

And I was glad that I didn’t have a nightmare. Boy, that could have been fucked

on the bed, repeatedly closing and opening my eyes, but I still couldn’t sleep. So,

around. It might

was a stupid idea. There

could wake up at the slightest sound despite his seemingly peaceful slumber. I tiptoed across the room, feeling

of the night expecting it to help them

counting sheep but quickly dismissed it as too cliché. Perhaps I should count something more interesting, like the number of times Luke snored in a minute. The thought made me chuckle softly to

my silent laughter, I accidentally stepped on a particularly vocal

night. I froze, holding

and blinking at

marching around the room? Did you decide to join the night’s gu something?” he asked, his voice thick with

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I couldn’t sleep.

squinted at me, then looked around the dark room as if he expected to find some hidden answer to my insomnia. “Walking, huh? Because nothing screams ‘sleep‘ like a midnight parade,” he remarked, the corners of his mouth

silly when you say that,” I told him,

LATE NIGHT

swung his legs off the bed, his eyes lighting up with mischief. “Well, if we’re

into the closet.

bathrobe and holding another one out. for me. “If we’re going to be part of the night’s guard, we need to look the part. And nothing says ‘guard

couldn’t contain my laughter any longer. “Oh, is

Robe Guards?” I

said, putting on a mock–serious face. “Now, let’s march. Maybe if we tire ourselves out, we’ll actually get

going

the one who was walking around like a night guard or something.”

silent for seconds, and I stared at him with

waist.

I had to move the lips. “Okay, let’s go on

there we were, marching up and down the room in

to wake the entire household.

we collapsed onto the bed, out of breath and grinning from ear

the dim light. “I think that’s

at 3 AM,” he said.

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