A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 923

Zoe did not sleep well because she was really not used to Jay hugging her in her sleep, and so firmly at that.

She could even feel his breath spraying over her nape.

It was hot, and it tickled.

Frustratingly, he was sleeping perfectly fine and kept holding her the entire night without moving, while she listened to his breathing assume a regular rhythm.

Zoe was a little miserable at that.

She had been worried that Jay would be the one to expose them, since he had always been distant to her. In fact, she was scared that he would push her away when she hugged him earlier.

To think that he would get into character more than she did…

Sighing to herself, she did her best to coax herself to sleep.

She was naturally unaware that the man feigning sleep behind her opened his eyes just then and tightened his hold further.

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The next day, Zoe was jolted awake by her alarm clock.

They were supposed to go out to sea at seven, and she therefore had to wake up at six to put on makeup for the cameras.

She quickly turned off the alarm in fear that it woke Jay up, letting him sleep since he did not have to put on makeup.

However, just as she was about to get out of bed, Jay held on tighter to her.

"Let me go, Jay," she protested softly. "I have to do my makeup for when we go out to sea. We'd be flamed if we're late."

Jay simply pretended not to hear her, even nuzzling against her nape as if to get even more comfortable.

"Jay." Zoe wiggled her body

Even though she had blocked the cameras, their voices were still being recorded, so she was afraid of waking him—after all, who knew what the production crew would put in the final cut?

She was angry, but she could only keep it to herself, and her only way of resisting was to struggle her way out of his embrace.