He hadn't heard her footsteps as she approached, but the moment he started to perceive the sweet scent of magnolias, even though the very same scent filled the room, he knew she was coming closer because that fragrance became stronger and stronger till he felt her shadow loom over him.
Something in his chest fluttered instantly, and in the next few seconds he felt her soft fingers brush over his eyebrows tenderly.
The light brush of her fingers caused something hot to start tickling through his veins.
His eyes opened up instantly to find her near, and the light heat became a sweet tenderness which quickly disappeared when she started to leave. Subconsciously, his hand grabbed her wrist tightly and she froze.
"I thought you were asleep, I was just trying to..." He noticed how she quickly became flustered and how she tried to retract her wrist from his hold.
Was the butler actually right?
Why did she keep trying to run from him?
