#Chapter17
Not startled, he turns to face me. /"I was wondering when you would be ready./"
/"Ready?/" I repeat him.
/"For bed./"
A short, brief sigh slips from my lips. /"I didn't say yes./"
/"And you didn't say no,/" he says while drifting closer.
/"Well, I can't sleep in the same bed with you./"
His fingertips drag along the bedding. /"You can't sleep without me either./"
/"You enjoy this, don't you?/"
/"Enjoy? Very much. But, I also enjoy sleeping, which is something you weren't doing much of last night./"
/"And you were?/" I question him, trying to keep some authority.
Sebastian only saunters closer. /"No, Evangeline. I am asking you to sleep in my bed./"
/"I kno—/"
/"No, you do not. If you did, we would already be asleep./"