Jordan Guthrie stood for a moment, and finally, as if exhausted, turned and left.
After the slight sound of the door closing, Joy Parker suddenly threw off the covers, covering her mouth as she took deep, gasping breaths.
Her face was flushed, she was panting, as if she had stumbled upon some astonishing secret.
With one hand over her lips, the brief touch had been barely a graze, yet that distinct sensation kept rising to the forefront of her senses, giving her an indescribable feeling of a racing heartbeat.
Jordan had taken advantage of her sleep to steal a kiss from her, and even if it were a dream, it seemed too terrifying a dream to be true.
Yet this was the stark reality.
Joy's heart began to beat a little faster. She didn't know why she was so nervous; her heart raced, and her face turned as red as a monkey's behind.
Joy wrapped herself in the covers again, awkwardly tightening them around herself, rubbing her burning face against the cool silk, and breathed out softly.