Although it was past midnight, yet Jessica lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling.
Her room felt both vast and suffocating as she kept turning from side to side.
After some time she hugged her pillow tightly, then rolled onto her back again with a frustrated sigh.
No matter the number of times she adjusted on the bed, sleep refused to come.
It wasn't the softness of the bed or the quiet of the night that kept her awake and restless. It was Damon.
She had been fighting the urge to go to his room or reach out to him. She couldn't believe that she had only spent a night with him, yet here she was unable to go to bed because she missed having him hold her close.
She could still feel his arms around her, his steady heartbeat against her cheek. His clean and distinct scent persisted in her mind. She closed her eyes, trying to banish the ache of missing him, but it only grew more intense.