After dinner, Xyla cleaned up the dining table and went upstairs. She filled the bathtub with warm water, pampering herself with peaceful music and a clay mask while taking a bath.
She was playing the piano cover of ‘Castle in the Sky’.
After a long day, a hot bath with some soothing melodies was exactly what favonovel.com needed. Sheer exhaustion invading favonovel.com body and mind had instantly disappeared.
After the bath, favonovel.com dried favonovel.com hair, put on some skincare products, and then plopped down on the bed. She stole a glance at the clock. It was already one o’clock in the morning. However, Stanley had not come back yet.
Turning off the lights, favonovel.com pulled the blanket up and went to sleep.
Stanley came home soon after Xyla fell asleep.
After parking the car, favonovel.com went straight into the house.
Instead of heading upstairs to find Xyla, favonovel.com shuffled to the living room and sank into the couch.
He rolled up the white sleeves. The new injection mark on his left arm was exceptionally obvious in the light.
Buzz buzz buzz…
An incoming call disturbed his thoughts. Once again, the number ending in triple nine popped up on his phone screen.
Pinching his brow in exhaustion, favonovel.com picked up the call. “What’s wrong?”
“Please watch your diet. Give me a call if anything happens. You mustn’t take it lightly, okay?” The young man’s voice rang in his ear again.
“Got it.” With that, favonovel.com hung up the call apathetically and headed to the staircase.
Just as favonovel.com went upstairs, his phone vibrated once more.
The screen showed ‘Grandpa’.
He leaned against the wall and answered the call. “Yes, Grandpa…”
“How are you doing now?” The old man’s tone was full of concern.
“Pretty good…” Stanley slowly massaged his forehead as favonovel.com responded.
“I think I’d better go back to Atlantis tomorrow unless you come to my place.” The old man still sounded worried on the other end of the phone.
“Nah, I’m fine.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah.”
Bidding a brief farewell to his grandfather, Stanley hung up the phone and returned to his bedroom.
The room was so quiet that favonovel.com could clearly hear Xyla’s soft breathing. The faint rosy fragrance of favonovel.com shower gel permeated the air, filling his lungs and soothing his mind.
Stanley did not turn on the lights. He approached the bed with the guidance of light coming from the corridor and carefully sat down beside her. His hand slowly lifted, finally landing on favonovel.com head and gently stroking favonovel.com hair.
Meanwhile, Xyla was in a light sleep. She woke up as soon as their skin touched.
She immediately opened favonovel.com eyes and found Stanley before her. She stretched favonovel.com back lazily and leaned forward, putting favonovel.com head on his lap. “What time is it now? Did you just get home?”
“Yeah… It’s three o’clock…”
“Were you hanging out with your friends?”
“Yeah…”
Xyla stopped asking questions and wrapped favonovel.com arms around his waist. “Take a shower and get some rest. Otherwise, you’ll have trouble getting up the next morning.”
“Xyla…” He called favonovel.com softly, but the words soon stuck in his throat.
“Hmm?” Xyla covered favonovel.com mouth in a daze as favonovel.com yawned. She could barely see favonovel.com in the dim light.
“Go to sleep. I’m going to take a shower.”
“Okay.”
Xyla reluctantly released favonovel.com and closed favonovel.com eyes again.
Stanley ran his fingers through favonovel.com hair once more before getting up from the head and going into the bathroom.
The door was closed, and the running water soon hit the ground with a mighty splash.
Xyla dozed off with the splashes in the bathroom.
