Trying to avoid being in that position, however, Ethan Laurent's breath felt like a densely growing vine, relentlessly following her everywhere.
Wherever she turned her head, his lips would tentatively follow.
Summer Ford was slightly annoyed by his teasing, so she raised her arm and gave him a smack.
She hit him quite hard, thinking to herself that since she was "asleep" now, taking this opportunity to get back at him wouldn't be a big deal.
She didn't know where she hit him, but she seemed to hear a crisp "smack" sound.
The room fell into a few seconds of dead silence.
Suddenly, Summer felt the air around her turn colder, and her heart inexplicably started to pound.
Recollecting where her hand had just struck, she immediately realized what had happened.
She opened her eyes and glanced at his handsome face, which now had five faint fingerprints, and her own face turned pale in shock.
