Rickard stared at Eleanor’s sleeping form, dumbfounded by her confession in sleep, and contemplated whether he should pull her arm from his torso or continue to be in that position. At that moment, all he wanted to do was scoot closer to her and sleep with her in his arms but he knew that Eleanor would not be happy seeing him in her bed.
After thinking for a while, Rickard pulled his shoes from his feet carefully and discarded them on the floor. Then he pulled the comforter over his body and then pulled Eleanor close.
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Eleanor woke up the next morning and turned to her right. She inhaled a deep breath in her sleep and sighed in contentment at inhaling the beautiful scent. She rubbed her nose against the surface and snuggled into it.
She felt something hard curled around her sto
