Chapter forty four:

44.

Chloe's POV:

Sometime, far into the night, Lily had already left and I was fast asleep in bed but my mind was still awake. I heard the door crack open a bit, the pressure being mounted on it being pushed back has to be a little amount because I almost wouldn't have heard it if not for my good hearing abilities.

I tried to force my eyes open, but the sleep had no intention on letting me do that. I had starved my body of too much sleep and it needed time to recover all the loss. The bed dipped beside me, as Marcus's strong scent...