(Chapter 83) She Was Calm

Astrid woke up with some mixed feelings. She remembered what happened before she fell asleep and she sighed out loud.

'Was that me talking? It must have been the alcohol.' Astrid then went to turn to look for her phone. Only to see quite the sight.

Lewis hadn't managed to fall asleep, instead, being cursed to the torture of sleeping beside Astrid while he was very awake.

Lewis smiled when he saw Astrid's expression start to crack when she saw him staring at her.

"Afternoon, did you sleep well?" Lewis asked with a smile, as he tried to ignore the obvious anger appearing on Astrid's face.

Astrid then looked up straight into Lewis's eyes. "I'll ignore this for now. And I hope you won't take what happened to heart." Astrid then started to get up out of bed.

Astrid had seen Lewis's pupils dilate slightly, he probably didn't expect her to say such things. But she didn't care as she took of her quilt and smoothed out her dress.

On the bed, Lewis then put his hand to his forehead. 'What happened to you when you left? I guess you don't really need glasses...

Was he surprised? Of course! He didn't expect to clearly see Astrid's pair of eyes be different. One the vivid blue he remembered, but the other, being surrounded with black as the iris remained blood red.

He then slowly got out the bed himself. He looked at Astrid who now was looking down at her phone. "I had someone trustworthy round. He said that you needed more sleep and he gave you some vitamins." Lewis didn't say that Astrid was apparently experiencing malnutrition. He was no doctor, but he was very sure Astrid ate enough...

Astrid nodded. "I see, are we in Italy already?" Astrid asked, she expected Lewis to remember she was going to go home tonight. She checked and saw no messages, meaning she wasn't late.

"We are in the main mansion for my family. I can get you to your house in just an hour." Lewis answered calmly, as he went to the corner of the room and picked up a phone.

Astrid just eyed Lewis, he made her sleep in a bed with him? In his family mansion? She didn't say anything but a crease had started to appear under her eyes.

"Is the car ready?" Lewis asked while on the phone, while he couldn't bring his eyes away from Astrid who looked to be thinking.

"Yes Master, do you want me to drive you?" On the other side was the main driver for Lewis, a man who had worked with the family for decades, his voice showed age.

"No need. I'll bring the car back later." Lewis hung up, as he started to walk to Astrid.

"Is something wrong?" Lewis asked, Astrid was quite close to his height, so he didn't look down at her.

"Mmm, I thought you would ask more about earlier. Are you really a virgin?" Astrid looked at Lewis, a look of distrust in her eyes.

Lewis chuckled, while moving his head to Astrid's ear. "If you tease me about it anymore, then you won't be going home tonight." Lewis blew into her ear. His pride was on the line here.

Astrid felt his breath on her ear and moved her head. "A bold claim. Are you sure you can follow that up?" Astrid's eyes stopped looking so distrustful, instead, a look of calmness appeared along with another emotion...

Lewis just smiled and moved away, he had seen Astrid crack. It was too soon to do anything. But him not being tortured right now was an excellent sign for the future. 'She doesn't want to talk hmmm. Time will prevail.' Lewis then turned to open his wardrobe.

Astrid watched as Lewis leisurely picked some casual clothes for himself. She was a little surprised, she thought all rich heirs had others deliver clothes via a maid. But Lewis seemed to be quite self-sufficient.

Lewis then started to take off his shirt... He didn't seem to mind as Astrid just stared at him doing so...

"I didn't expect you to be so picky. I found a place to eat. You coming?" Lewis asked as he finished dressing, he knew Astrid wouldn't look away. But he didn't mind. He wanted to show off his prowess...

Astrid didn't reply. She continued to look at Lewis with an increasingly confused expression on her face.

Lewis turned and smiled. "What?"

Astrid then looked down at her dress. "Nothing, but don't I need clothes too?" She was annoyed and slightly frustrated, as her red-eye was diluted.

'Hmm, it's quite entrancing.' Lewis was caught breathless looking at her eyes. The contrast was extreme. But it was also captivating. "Mm, let me look for something." Lewis turned as he then went into a side room.

Astrid waited but 2 minutes when Lewis came out with a loose t-shirt and joggers. Astrid took them in hand expressionlessly, and started to take off her dress.

Lewis felt his eyebrows twitch, it seemed Astrid felt no embarrassment when it came to things like this... As he watched her slowly reveal her body...

Astrid then frowned, as she attempted to reach the strap at the back. "Calm down, turn around a sec." Lewis told her. As she did as told.

The sense of annoyance cleared from Astrid's eyebrows. Unknowingly, she had started to show her emotions around Lewis.

Lewis was very calmly undoing the strap at the back of the dress. But his heart was beating very rapidly. As the strap came undone, and Astrid then quickly started to take off the dress.

Seeing her wearing nothing but underwear. Lewis felt he made quite the mistake, Astrid then grabbed the t-shirt and placed it over her. While also putting on the joggers.

Because Astrid had two imposing mountains on her chest, the loose t-shirt ended up being quite hot to Lewis. Especially since it was his. While the joggers were a little too big for her. She looked like she came straight from his bedroom...

Astrid then started to walk to the door out of the room. As her hand reached the handle, she was stopped. "Oh, before we go. You might want to put your contacts back in." That sentence, made her freeze.