After Yvette tucked Noah in bed, she left the room. Xavier was already back in the living room, going through a book for the blind. "Is he asleep?" he asked.

She nodded. "Yeah. Why haven't you gone to sleep yet?"

"I was waiting for you." He closed the book and faced her.

She felt uncomfortable. "We should sleep separately."

"Why?"

Yvette blushed and said, "I'm pregnant now, so it's inconvenient for us to sleep together."

"The bed's six feet wide. There'll be plenty of space for us." After saying that, Xavier stood up and walked to her. Then, he grabbed her arm. His hand was so warm that she could feel it through her shirt.

"But I'm used to sleeping alone" Before she could finish her words, he picked her up.

When her feet left the ground, she started panicking instantly. Seeing how high up she was, she couldn't help grabbing his arms. "Stop fooling around and put me down now."

her back to the bedroom. Then, he carefully placed her on the

pulled her into his embrace as he lay down with her. "That's enough. The rest of the house is still in a mess. It won't hurt to sleep with me for one

spoke. Yvette stopped struggling and closed her eyes, hoping that she could fall asleep soon. However, Xavier was breathing heavily, and his hands were warmer than usual. The more she wanted to sleep, the more

around. Xavier groaned a little and moved his hand downward. "Be

realized something and immediately

talk to me if you can't

should we talk about?" She looked up at him in

what happened to you when

well-known composer and that she'd been

about the years she'd spent abroad.

my time taking care of the

she'd spent there, so she shut her eyes. "I'm

to know what else had happened when she'd been abroad. That night, he told Mark to continge with the investigation and look into every

he ended the call, he stood on the balcony. Just then, he received another call. It was

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