Chapter 20

On the next morning, Tian woke up, after a peaceful sleep without nightmares, to find that he was sleeping in Taria's arms, which made him feel dizzier. He tried to get up fast, yet she kept hugging him like a toy, refusing to let go, so he stayed still, feeling her warm body that gave him butterflies, and her breath above his head that felt like a warm spring breeze. Tian tried to be happy, but his worries blocked his way. "What will she do when she wakes up? Will she cry again? How will I convince her to stay? Should I convince her in the first place?" He thought while sadness was covering his heart, then he slid up a little, making his face and hers so close, and he kept staring at her, trying to clear his mind of all the dark thoughts by looking at her harmless cute face, and hearing the peaceful rhythm her heart played.

Taria woke up to see Tian's face with closed eyes. She poked his nose with her own then she said "what should I do, Tian, how will I erase your worries?" with a voice that wasn't her usual one, but rather deeper and calmer. Tian tried hard to keep acting asleep, but he couldn't hide his loud heartbeats and his high temperature, so he opened his eyes slowly, putting his hand on the side of her head, then he said "a kiss can wipe my worries away".

Taria rose up fast, looking at Tian who was laying on the bed beside her with her eyes full of shining stars.

"Really? Does a kiss have the ability to wipe your worries?" Taria said, and Tian nodded his head with a smile after realizing that she misunderstood what he meant, however, he was ok with anything she would give him.

Taria moved her hair behind her ear, then she leaned forward, closer to Tian, and gave him a cute little kiss on his cheek. He couldn't hold in his smile anymore, nor could he get out of bed, while his eyes kept following her going to the bathroom to change her clothes, so he stayed in bed, holding in his exploding feelings that were telling him to follow her and take the kiss he wanted.

Taria got out of the bathroom after a while, tying her hair as a ponytail that made her wide eyes even wider, and smelling like peaches for a reason Tian didn't know.

"Why are you still in bed? Get up now, you didn't kidnap me here to keep sleeping", Taria said while crossing her arms

"Why do you smell like peaches?", Tian asked after his curiosity forced him to

"Oh, I think the shirt smells like peaches, but it's good, right, I like peaches", Taria said.

Tian got out of bed, heading straight to his room after telling the maids to prepare something, while Taria got out of the room, and started walking around aimlessly. After a while, Tian found Taria in the lake room, putting her hands on the glass wall, and staring in amazement that was evident in her eyes and features.

"Do you like it?" Tian said, and Taria looked at him while her eyes reflected the blue shad that the lake above them filled the room with.

"Where did you get here from?" Tian asked knowing the four entrances

"I came her from Ve's office", Taria said

"Ve gave you the password for the door in his office!" Tian said

"No, he added my fingerprint to the system", Taria said with her eyes full of joy, not knowing that her words would shot a spear into Tian's chest as his own brother added her fingerprint to the system while his is still not added, but he didn't hate it, he liked how Ve and Taria get well together as it would make it easier for him in the future.

Tian kept looking at Taria while she was looking out of the wall. Her sparkling eyes were prettier than usual, and her smiling lips were redder, which made him fall in a daze, with an accelerating hear and lungs. "thank you, for staying beside me", he said softly, yet she turned her face to see him, then she shook her head and said "thank you, for letting me stay".

"As long as we live under the same blue sky, we will be together no matter the distance", she said, putting her hand on his chest, and feeling the necklace she gave him from above his clothes as well as his heartbeats, then she looked up into his eyes, with her cheeks turning red.

Tian put his hand on Taria's back, then he pulled her closer to him, closer to the point he could only see her wide brown eyes. He held her chin gently, and tilted her head upwards while his eyes were hung on her lips as if they were the basket he is aiming to score a goal in, meanwhile, Taria was looking at him, trying to control her fast breath, and not knowing if she should push him away or pull him closer. Tian looked at Taria's eyes again, then he said "Taria...May I…", but before he could finish his words, the head maid entered the lake room and said "young lord, my lady, the thing you ordered is now ready".

Taria pushed Tian away and started laughing nervously, while Tian got furious to the point steam was coming out of him and said "we will come soon. You can go now". The head maid, Lessy, went out after bowing, Taria started looking out of the glass wall again to avoid looking at Tian, and Tian was still counting from one to ten to calm his anger down. After he counted four times, he sighed, then he held Taria's hand and pulled her out of the room