Chapter 533 – Don't Go…
He didn't stir. Just breathed softly, mouth parting slightly as if sighing into the dream.
She smiled.
Maybe just one kiss lower…
Just one taste.
But even as her lips hovered near his navel, Naomi paused, holding her breath.
Because right now?
She wasn't thinking as his lover. Or even his girlfriend.
She was thinking like someone in love with a man who carried too much and never let anyone see when he cracked.
And she didn't want to wake him.
Not yet.
She settled back instead, curled beside him with a quiet sigh, pressing her body into his side, arm draped over his waist.
He murmured something in his sleep, and his arm came down to pull her closer instinctively.
Naomi smiled against his chest, lips brushing his skin.
"You're such a handful," she whispered.
Lux didn't answer. Not verbally. Just a soft, heavy exhale against her hair. His arm curled tighter around her waist, fingers twitching like even in sleep, his body refused to let go.
