Just as Lin Banxia was drifting into sleep, she suddenly felt a fiery heat at her waist. The next moment, her whole body was pulled into the embrace of a scorching male physique.
"Huo Yanting, …I can't anymore!" Lin Banxia instantly jolted awake, pleading for mercy at once.
"Sleep!" was the man's gritted response, only two terse words spoken next to her ear.
Lin Banxia froze. Was she overthinking it?
Gradually relaxing a little, she waited a few minutes to confirm that the man genuinely just wanted to hold her while sleeping, not to engage in anything else. She eventually drifted off again, her head resting on his strong arm.
That night, she had a dream. In it, she was eight years old, and her grandfather handed her a small box, saying, "Xiaxia, come here. A young man sent this to you—see if you like it?"
The eight-year-old girl opened the box to find a crystal bracelet inside.
