" I mean, suddenly going to another room ? " She try to keep her voice natural.
" Well, I thought that it might be uncomfortable for you to sleep with me. It has not been long since you started to accept me. " Asher say without concealing his thoughts.
' What is going on? Could it be...... story is going on it's natural way. But how is it possible, we have already done things that was not the part of the script. I can try to convince him .'
" Actually, we have already slept together.........I mean on the same bed. Not sleeping together will only be like a formality. It's not a big deal, you can stay here . " She try to say it as naturally as possible.
" Really? Can you sleep with me?" He didn't expected this.
' I can only sleep with you is what I think.' She thought but she couldn't tell him as real Amelia don't have this issue.
" Of course, come here. No need to shy away . " She pats the bed.
" Who is shy? I am just afraid you will not able to resist yourself and do something to regret later. " He smirks and tease her.
" What nonsense are you spouting? I will never do that." She tried to look angry to hide her embarrassment.
But instead of being angry, he actually finds her cute. He laugh and go towards the bed.
Both of them lie down on bed. And as Amelia thought, she found herself becoming more comfortable. Her body started to feel lighter and she started to feel sleepy.
She notice that he is lying on the end of the side of the bed. She wanted to be nearer to him , as if it will feel more comfortable. She didn't knew why she feels like that , but that's what she wanted.
" You may fall from there. I think you should come closer. "
It was his time to be surprised. They have slept on the same bed so he thought that it was fine for her to do that now. But to sleep this close , he didn't expected to her to say this.
" I should come closer? " He ask again to be sure .
" Hmm." She had a sleepy voice.
He gets up and come closer to her.
" But don't take advantage of me . " He tease her.
" You keep talking nonsense. " She say that but she was not sure herself.
Honestly speaking she felt really comfortable with him. It felt like she wanted to get closer but she felt nervous at the same time.
They didn't touch each other but they were very close. Amelia felt at ease and she couldn't tell when she fell asleep.
The next morning she wakes up and feel something warm in her arms and she held it even closer. When she open her eyes she come to realise that it's Asher.
She quietly look up at him to see if he is sleeping, but he was not. Their eyes meet and she felt even awkward.
' Oh no, what should I say? I didn't even get up quickly after waking up and actually tried to look at his face. Is it too late to get up now? '
Asher takes a deep breath which make Amelia even more nervous.
" I told you ,that you should not take advantage of me . "
" Uh,..um.....well .......... I am actually not awake yet, I am still sleeping."
Saying this , she close her eyes again and turn her face. Slowly she get off his chest and lie down on the bed.
Asher couldn't believe what he just saw. He has never seen anything ridiculous like this but he couldn't help and laugh . He didn't knew what to do, if it was someone else , he would not entertain them.
But it was his wife, and if she says she is sleeping then she is sleeping.
" I never knew my wife has this side . "
He laughed and said. " I mean to say , I didn't knew my wife can talk while sleeping. That's quite a talent. You can sleep a bit more , I will go out of the bed first. "
With that he gets up, walk to her side and pats her head . He see that her eyes were tightly closed.
' She is really bad at acting, but she is looking cute .'
After he leave, Amelia open her eyes.
' Who is the most stupid in the whole world. Of course it's me . Why did I even said something like this. He was definitely laughing at me. '
She kick her leg on the bed several times.
' Who can even come with such ideas, of course it's only my genius mind . No one can believe such excuse . What is he gonna think of me. Obviously, he was thinking I am taking advantage of him . '
She grabs her hair in frustration and start whining.
' Wait , didn't he kissed me several times. How is this taking advantage of him . We are equal right?'
She pats her chest and calm her heart.
" We are definitely equal. "
After he comes out in the room , Amelia does not even look at him and goes straight to the bathroom.
" I think I have a lot to know about my wife. " He say while drying his hair with towel.
Amelia come out and see that he is not here . She felt relieved and started to do her routine.
When she goes down, she see that Asher has made some breakfast. She was quite surprised as she didn't knew that he can cook.
In the novel , his scenes are always so serious. As he was a villian , his scenes always consisted of plotting or a fight with Amelia. Cooking can never go with that kind of image.
" You are cooking today , is there anything special? " She sits on the chair and ask him .
" No , I have not cooked in a while. I thought my skills are gonna get rusty, so I cooked something. "
Reality was , it was his part of planning to seduce her with food. He felt that his previous efforts were quite successful. She was always happy with good food. So, it was his bigger blow , with a food that he made himself. She cannot leave a husband, who can cook her favourite dishes.
For previous things, she can just go to the same restaurant. But this was his art and she cannot taste it in any restaurant. It cannot be similar.