22 Chapter 22

We were lying in bed wrapped in each other arms, my leg thrown over his hips.

There was comfortable silence wrapped around us, each other's nearness reminding me I haven't felt that peaceful in ages.

I pressed my nose into the crook of his neck, inhaling the signature scent. A hint of his cologne mixed with a distinct male scent that I now recognized as his. In-tox-i-cating.

I pressed the tip of my nose to the skin of his neck, making weightless movements up and down, gently caressing him. It allowed me to feel the pulsating vein running down his neck, a slow steady beating of his heart indicating he was as relaxed as I was. It felt so intimate, almost like I could reach inside him and feel everything that he was feeling. The sensation of his heartbeat calmed me down entirely, my heart following its rhythm.