The old house

HOLDING HER TIGHT

Anna woke up after a while. Her head was not resting on the comforter as she had imagined but on a hard surface.

There was something beating hard just where her ears lay, it was a powerful beating of a heart. The rhythm was even and especially nice to hear. Anna leaned in a bit more to hear that sound.

She felt that her body was wrapped around strong arms. She looked up and her eyes were met with a sharp chin.

It was well defined and quite good to look at. Anna had never been this close to a man. Even when she was engaged to Harry Lu, the close they ever got was holding hands, nothing other than that.

She wanted to be especially pure and wait for marriage. At that time even hugging made her embarrassed but now that this man she had known for a little while was wrapping his arm around her, she did not feel the embarrassment she had anticipated.