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Chapter 31

Alea POV

Opening my eyes I saw a blurry figure of Arthur sleeping beside me. After taking a moment to re-focus my eyes, I got to see his contours much more clearly than I did before.

A strong jawline that would make any man look like some kind of unreal hero was being softened by his gentle eyelashes. Each one of the hairs in them looked like it was drawn carefully by the experienced hand of the well-acknowledged artist 

Due to Arthur sleeping without his shirt, I could see his well-formed and firm muscles. Looking at them made me remember the last night, which in return caused a huge blush to appear on my cheeks in the face of the resurfacing embarrassing memory  

I looked at his well-formed abs for a while, and even gave myself enough freedom to touch them. I remember Art saying that some scientist from his old world said that every action has its counter-reaction, which was proven to me only now when an even stronger blush spread around my face as I touched his hard, well-formed abdominal muscles

Despite him reassuring me numerous times, I still had worries that some other, prettier girl, might snatch him away from me. It's not that I doubted his loyalty or his love for me, no, it's because I lost most of my confidence in my fight with that terrifying retainer, Uto

When I got back to the past, my confidence was at an all-time low, but now as time passed by, and I got to spend so much of it with Arthur, I was able to get some of it back

Pushing myself out of these depressing thoughts, I kissed sleeping Arthur once and left the bed

As I slept only in my underwear, I didn't have to undress, but just put on an athletic shirt that left my shoulders, belly, and a good part of chest visible and some tight sports leggings along with comfortable shoes and I left the room

Passing through the manor I ran into miss Alice, whom I greeted with a respectful nod

" Good morning Miss Alice" I said with a smile

" Good morning Alea" she answered back, a warm motherly smile spreading across her face " Did you sleep well? "

Remembering the last night, I immediately thought about the "fun time" I had with Arthur, but I was also more than sure that I shouldn't mention it to his mom, for multiple reasons, so I answered her back with a smile

" Yeah, the bed was very comfortable, I really felt at home"

She looked at me confused for a moment before answering " I am glad to hear that. It's not every day that people feel comfortable in the bed they sleep in for the first time"

I gulped a bit and felt the cold sweat go down my face, but I gritted my teeth and answered

" Yeah, I guess I felt very comfortable in Arthur's embrace" I lied

It wasn't my first time sleeping here. Matter of fact, I slept here a couple of times, it's just that I snuck in with Arthur's help so no one would notice me. It's not that we wanted to do dirty things, it's just that we wanted to cuddle, but were too nervous to introduce me to his parents

" I am glad to hear that" Alice said with relief, making me feel bad for lying to her "Then sweetie, I am going to help prepare breakfast, you can do whatever you want just don't destroy the house" she added with a wink and walked toward the kitchen

Going back to what I was up to before, I kept on walking toward the backyard of the mansion to do some morning workout

After leaving the mansion I was met with the strong morning sun that for a moment blocked my vision. It took me a moment to adjust, but in the meantime, I could feel multiple signatures there, presumably training