The carriage stopped and the coachman hurried to open the door to Nicholas who alighted strolling up the stair in hurried steps. The door quickly opened and he entered to be greeted by the butler. He grunted a response and went to the sitting room meaning to have a shot of anything burning to subdue the pain in his chest.
Sitting down on the couch and untying his cravat, his eyes strayed to the right couch to see a figure stretched out on it in deep sleep. He watched as her tiny snores purred from Katrina’s well-shaped opened lips in her unconscious state.
He couldn’t help but be dazzled by how beautiful she is in her sleep. He stood and went closer kneeling beside her, he reached out hesitatingly to push off a stray hair from her face. He ogled her lustfully as she laid with her hand un
