She wasn’t lying. Although it was very hot in the summer, it did get very cold at night. Back then, even when she was healthy she felt a little cold at night and didn’t need to sleep with the fan or air-conditioning on or something, which was perhaps a good thing.

Perhaps it was because of her period, ever since Irina came back from the forests, she had been more afraid of the cold than before—when she slept at night she couldn’t resist squirming into Damien’s embrace, pressing her back against his soft and hot tummy.

The thought of sleeping on Cortis’s cold body made her shiver.

Cortis squeezed his...