Day Sixty-One…
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[ At Jane's Villa…]
Nathan was sitting on a sofa, his arms were folded over his chest while waiting for Jane. His eyes were fixed on the closed door of Jane's bedroom. She was currently taking a shower.
Nathan had been thinking about her. The way she teased him a while ago and her brave confession of her feelings toward him reminded him of someone— Abigail. Jane was acting like Abigail whom he used to know… the Abigail who could remember him.
Nathan slammed his eyes while rubbing the space in between his eyebrows. 'Perhaps, I am just missing Abigail so much that I tend to see her in Jane's persona.'
"Sigh." Nathan took a deep sigh. He was a little bit exhausted and his brain was making him more tired by just thinking about Jane and Abigail.
Since Jane was not yet done, Nathan decided to take a nap. He lay down on the sofa and placed his right arm over his forehead. He closed his eyes. A few minutes later, he just drifted off to sleep.
Jane came out of her room only to see Nathan sound asleep on the sofa. She smiled and traced her steps towards him. She made sure not to create noise because she didn't want to wake him up.
Jane stood in front of Nathan, just watching him in his sleep. "This guy is devilishly gorgeous." She had the urge to touch and caress his face, tracing his eyebrow, his nose, and his lips.
"Why are you still frowning even in your sleep," Jane murmured.
She picked up her phone and took photos of Nathan. She shook her head for doing this silly thing. But she couldn't help but smile as she watched Nathan's photo on her phone screen.
"I got my remembrance," she said. Then she made Nathan's close-up photo as her wallpaper on her phone.
"Next time, I will take a photo of you smiling at me."
Jane didn't want to disturb Nathan so she waited for him to wake up. She grabbed her laptop and sat down on the chair opposite Nathan. However, she couldn't concentrate on her laptop because she found herself staring at him intently.
"Sigh. This man. How can he sleep comfortably here? Is he not afraid that I might ravish him?" Jane lamented to herself. She was tempted to kiss this handsome guy sleeping in front of her.
Jane contemplated for a moment. She put her laptop down and shifted her gaze back to Nathan. A naughty idea popped up in her mind. She sat on the space above Nathan's head. Then she slowly lifted his head, making him lay on her thigh. She used her legs as his pillow.
"I wonder how he will react once he wakes up." Jane rubbed her chin.
Jane kept herself busy by watching Nathan's sleeping figure as if she was engraving his face in her mind. She began stroking his hair slowly while her other hand caressed his cheeks.
Nathan's crease on his forehead disappeared. And he began to relax and sleep comfortably in her lap. It did not take long before Jane's eyelid became heavy. She suddenly felt sleepy. She leaned her head on the backrest of the sofa. Then she fell asleep.
*Thirty Minutes Later…*
Nathan woke up when his phone rang. He opened his eyes only to see Jane. Nathan blinked his eyes for a moment, his brain trying to process why Jane was sleeping there and his head was on her lap.
His natural reaction was to sit up and fix his position. But for some unknown reason, he remained lying there while looking at her. Before, whenever he would look at her sleeping figure, all he could feel was hatred and resentment. But now, he could no longer feel those negative emotions.
He was staring at her when Jane frowned. She even groaned softly as if she was having a dream. She began to shake his head from left to right.
'What's wrong? Is she having a nightmare?' Nathan wondered to himself. Then he realized that Jane was sweating.
Nathan didn't waste anymore time. He sat up and tapped her shoulders, waking her up. "Jane. Jane! Wake up. You're dreaming!"
Jane gasped as she opened her eyes. Nathan was taken aback when he saw fear in her emerald eyes. She was panting, catching her breath. And when she turned in Nathan's direction, all her fears and worries were washed away.
"Nate…" she called his name in her hoarse voice. Before he could respond, Jane hugged him, burying her face on his sturdy chest.
"W-What's wrong?" Nathan asked her awkwardly. He didn't know whether to hug her back or push her away.
Jane didn't say a word. But Nathan felt her hands tightening her grip on his body.
'Is she scared? But why?'
Jane, on the other hand, tried her best to calm herself down. Her dream was related to the memory she recalled during the hypnosis session with Stephen. She saw herself being tied in a pole. She couldn't move and she couldn't see. Her eyes were blindfolded. She heard different voices, laughing sardonically.
A few seconds had passed, Nathan began rubbing her back as he comforted her. Her breathing was shallow and he could feel the fast beating of her heart. They remained in that position until Jane was able to gather her emotion.
She was surprised because Nathan didn't push her away. He even comforted her. When Jane broke the hug, she saw Nathan looking at her with complicated emotions on his face.
"A bad dream?" Nathan asked her.
However, Jane wasn't ready to share her fears with Nathan yet.
"Nope. I just want to hug you," Jane replied teasingly. Her bright smile returned to her face.
Nathan: "..."
'Is she kidding me?' Nathan narrowed his eyes at her while pursing his lips.
Jane giggled at his reaction. She immediately stood u and grabbed his hand. "Let's go. My father might be awake now. I want to see him."
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