Body aches

Ivy wanted to ask him why she was sleeping in his arms and what he is doing in her room. But she hesitated.

"Are you planning to stand there all evening?" he taunted when she didn't speak after stopping him.

Her eyes met his. She didn't dare to make him wait any longer.

"I meant to ask you..." she paused and pointed at the bed which they shared. She is trying to find the right words to describe the situation she woke up in.

Nikolai already understood that she doesn't remember anything. And he doesn't want to remind her either.

"You wanted to ask me why we were sleeping together?" he drawled, deliberately framing it in such a way that they did something which they didn't.

Her eyes widened and her cheeks tinted pink.

Nikolai found her reaction cute. So he continued his act. He moved closer to her, so that he is standing so close that their bodies are touching. He pinched her chin and pulled her head up, so that she was looking at him.

"Well, don't you remember?" he inquired with a