Chapter 26
She didn't open her eyes. She didn't want to. She couldn't, actually. The blood in her head was throbbing violently and her brain felt as if it was being ground against her skull. Neither did she want to sit up. Her hands felt lifeless and limp, and so did her feet. Even the warm morning sunlight that peeked in from the window failed to warm her icy cold fingers. Instead, she turned over with a groan.
Suddenly, she felt warm and secure for some strange reason. Snuggling closer, she leant her forehead on the 'wall' that felt so solid and comfortable at the same time. Tiffany relaxed, letting go of the grinding headache and concentrating on the pleasant quiet of the morning. A pleasing smell of familiar musk greeted her while her ears felt a steady heartbeat that calmed her, until…
Heartbeat? Her eyes snapped open. Her nose was barely an inch away from Sébastien's chest! But before she could so much as move away, he gave a little moan and flung his hand over her slight body. Tiffany froze, trying as hard as she could not to succumb to the warmness that now surrounded her and drift back into peaceful sleep. She willed herself to decide what she should do.
Waking him was out of question, there was no way she would have him wake up to find her in his arms, no matter intentional or not. After last night, it just wouldn't do! When she tried wriggling out of his arms, he stirred, and she stopped for fear of waking him. Her numbed mind found no easy way out and it began to shut down as a second wave of migraine attacked her heavy head. The pain was so grinding, she groaned and instinctively buried her face in his shirt. Falling asleep in such a position under the strong weight of his arms was the last thing she intended. That was exactly what she did.
They next stirred hours later. Tiffany's hazelnut eyes were met with eyes more beautiful than she could ever imagine. Sébastien found himself gazing into eyes that were warm, sweet, and wide with mortification. Absolutely shocked to find themselves in each other's arms, they scrambled off the economically sized bed and faced each other, at an utter loss of speech.
The corners of Sébastien's lips twitched and the mischievous twinkle in his eyes was back. The next moment, their laughter would hardly contain itself. And in that moment, all the seriousness of their embarrassment just didn't seem to matter anymore.