Chapter 50: Holding Him to Sleep

Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Holding Him to Sleep

Just as Sienna pulled back, Julian cupped the back of her head, seizing control and deepening the kiss.

He kissed her with a fierce, overwhelming passion.

Sienna was so dazed she couldn’t even catch her breath. Her head, already spinning, felt even dizzier now.

When he finally let her go, her red lips were slightly swollen. A watery mist clouded her clear eyes, the corners of which were flushed crimson, making her look as if she’d been utterly overwhelmed.

His hands wrapped around her waist as he leaned in, affectionately nuzzling his nose against hers.

"Sienna..."

He murmured her name, his low, magnetic voice laced with a distinct rasp that was devilishly sexy.

There was still a breeze on the balcony, and Julian, worried she might get a headache, carried her back into the room.

He had just set Sienna down on the bed when his phone rang. It was a video call from Keith Sterling.

Julian answered casually. "Make it quick."

He then placed the phone on a stand on the desk and turned his attention back to Sienna.

Keith saw Sienna on the video, sitting dazedly on the edge of the bed. She looked drunk. "What’s up with Sienna?" he asked hurriedly. "Is she drunk?"

Julian grunted affirmatively, letting Sienna lean against his shoulder as he poured a glass of warm water and helped her drink.

Seeing this, Keith spoke quickly. "Hey, my grandpa—your grandpa, the Old Master—he called me just now. He asked how you and Sienna are getting along, and I told him you’re doing great."

"The Old Master was just checking in on you and Sienna. Nothing important, really. Anyway, you go take care of her, bro. I’ll hang up now, we can talk details tomorrow!"

"Mm," Julian agreed.

Sienna heard voices and swayed as she looked toward the phone, but her vision was too blurry to make anything out.

She turned her head dazedly to look at Julian, her eyes curving into a sweet smile as she started repeating herself. "You’re so handsome. You’ve always been handsome! Huh? Is the corner of your mouth bleeding?"

She leaned in closer, blinking as she stared at the corner of his mouth.

He answered lazily, "You bit it."

Sienna’s brow furrowed in frustration; her dizzy mind couldn’t process his words.

Julian glanced toward the balcony, gesturing with a slight lift of his chin. "Just now. On the balcony."

After a moment’s thought, she finally seemed to remember. She suddenly leaned in and gave the corner of his lip another playful bite. "Yup," she declared proudly. "I bit it!"

Keith, who hadn’t hung up in time, saw the whole thing. He let out a dramatic howl and pretended to cover his eyes, peeking through his fingers with a wide, suggestive grin. "Whoa! What did my own two eyes just see?"

A muscle in Julian’s brow twitched. He’d thought Keith had already hung up.

Julian reached for his phone to end the call.

But Sienna leaned toward the phone. Seeing Keith on the screen, she gave him an adorably dazed wave.

Then she pulled Julian in front of the camera to show off to Keith. "See? I did this!"

Keith was left speechless.

’Damn it.’

’All I did was make a video call, and I still get a face full of PDA!’

"My bad, I’ll leave you to it! Carry on!"

Feeling like an innocent dog that had just been kicked for no reason, Keith whimpered as he hung up.

’Nope,’ he thought, ’I need to go flame a few people in-game to soothe my wounded heart!’

「Meanwhile.」

Julian took off Sienna’s shoes and helped her lie down on the bed. "Are you feeling sick anywhere?"

Sienna shook her head and reached out to touch his handsome face. Her eyes sparkled as she repeated on a loop, "You’re so handsome!"

Julian let out a soft laugh, a hint of languid amusement spreading in his eyes. "Sienna, you’ve never complimented me like this before."

That seemed to energize her. She leaned in for another smacking kiss, stroking his face as if she couldn’t get enough.

Julian nuzzled his cheek against her palm, his voice gentle and magnetic. "Do you want to sleep?"

"Nope!" Sienna started tugging at her own clothes, pulling at them like a three-year-old. "I haven’t showered yet!"

Hearing this, the corner of Julian’s eye twitched sharply.

He immediately reached out to stop her from undressing.

"Let’s skip the shower for tonight and just go to sleep, okay?"

"Not okay!" Sienna pouted, trying to get back to undressing.

But a hand kept stopping her. ’It’s so annoying.’

Julian raised his other hand to rub the bridge of his nose, looking like he was on the verge of losing his composure.

’He couldn’t take much more of this.’

’He was tempted to stop being a gentleman.’

’But...’

"Sienna, listen. No shower tonight. We’ll do it tomorrow, okay?"

Julian was using every ounce of his self-control, his low, raspy voice laced with a coaxing, seductive tone.

Before Sienna could answer, he pulled her down to lie on the bed, patting her back soothingly. "Shh, be good," he coaxed in a low voice. "I’ll hold you while you sleep."

...

「The next morning.」

Sienna’s brow furrowed, and she let out a soft whimper as she stirred from her sleep.

The moment she opened her eyes, she was greeted by the sight of a pale chest with lean, defined muscles and a sexy, prominent collarbone. It was an alluring, tantalizing view.

And her hand was resting right on his abs.

Sienna startled, all traces of sleepiness vanishing in an instant as she shot upright in bed.

’Ju... Julian!’

’How did I end up sleeping in his arms?!’

Julian had sensed the moment she’d woken up. Now, he slowly sat up as well. "Awake?"

He lifted a hand and pulled his shirt closed, clutching it tightly as if to protect himself from being taken advantage of.

Sienna was speechless.

"You..." Sienna’s lips twitched as she watched him. "Are you trying to protect your virtue from me?"

’Who wants to take advantage of him, anyway?’

’She would rather die, drop dead right here, or jump out the window, than take advantage of that jerk!’

’Besides...’

"Why were we sleeping in the same bed?"

Sienna rubbed her temples. Her head throbbed with a hangover.

’She vaguely remembered getting drunk again last night. This resort room only had one bed, so... she had slept with Julian?’

"Last night..." Sienna began to ask, then suddenly noticed something. "How did you cut your lip?"

Julian raised an eyebrow, his voice still raspy and languid with sleep. "You bit it, of course."

Sienna: "???"

Sienna: "!!!"

"You’re lying!"

Sienna didn’t believe him for a second.

Julian, having expected this reaction, gave her a knowing smirk, looking at her as if she were a heartless woman who’d had her fun and was now refusing to take responsibility.

Sienna: "?"

Julian picked up his phone and pulled up the video call with Keith from last night.

’A video call? So what? That doesn’t prove anything.’

’You can’t normally replay a video call.’

However, Julian tapped something on the screen and, to her surprise, pulled up a recording of last night’s video call.

’Is that even possible?’

She craned her neck to look, full of curiosity. Even though her face was only in the small picture-in-picture window, it was clear enough to see exactly what she had done and said.

In the next second, Sienna’s eyes went wide.

In the video, she was pouncing on Julian, giving the corner of his lip a playful bite, and then proudly declaring, "Yup, I bit it!"

She even pulled Julian over to show off to Keith: "See? I did this!"

Sienna was speechless.

’Oh my god, I really did bite him!’

’And I showed off to Keith about it? What the hell was there to show off?!’

At that moment, Sienna just wanted the ground to swallow her whole.

She immediately reached out and paused the video, too mortified to watch another second.

When she looked up, her eyes met Julian’s, which were twinkling with amusement.