Journey to Happy Ending novel Chapter 485

After a while, Kevin went back upstairs with the noodles. He gently knocked on the bedroom door again, but he heard no response from inside the room. With a frown, he tried again and knocked harder on the door. Still, Leena didn't open the door nor make any sound. He could only hear the sound of his knocks echoing in the corridor.

Kevin tried to turn the knob, but to his disappointment, Leena had locked the door from inside when she came into the bedroom. Staring at the closed door for a short while, Kevin turned around and headed to his study. If Leena wouldn't open the door for him, he could always use the spare key to open the door himself! After Kevin fetched the spare key and opened the locked bedroom, he was stunned to see the woman who was soundly sleeping in their bed. Holding the noodles, Kevin suddenly had no idea what he should do at the moment. He wasn't gone for long, and he definitely didn't expect that Leena would fall asleep so soon. He thought maybe she was just locking herself in the bedroom and secretly angry with him.

Slowly and gently, Kevin made a beeline for the bedside. Leena was curling herself up like a little kitten, a delicate porcelain doll. No matter what Kevin felt about Leena before, his heart softened all of a sudden at the sight of the sleeping beauty. Men were always like this. They had an issue with the hero complex. They tended to play the alpha male and protect the weak and delicate. As a man, and more importantly, a Major General in the army, Kevin couldn't help feeling like keeping Leena under his wings to protect her from any harm all of a sudden.

Kevin pulled the quilt over to cover her in case she would catch a cold. Then he gently tucked the hair falling on her face behind her ear. Upon seeing the tear stains on her pretty face, Kevin froze for a while. Her tears somehow bruised his heart.

Hesitant, he reached out his fingers to caress her creamy skin. The touch of her fair skin was so fascinating that he couldn't help but slightly pinch her rosy cheek before wiping the tear stains for her. He went blank for a few seconds as his fingers met her tender lips. It felt like he was spellbound and couldn't move his eyes away from her. Finally, Kevin forced a bitter smile and leaned forward to kiss her forehead. He then sat back while fixing his eyes on Leena's sleeping profile. He sighed heavily as he thought that he'd have to finish up all the noodles by himself. Although they hadn't spent much time together, Kevin had known that it wasn't easy to wake Leena up once she fell asleep.

In the meanwhile, Kevin himself was also exhausted because of days of nonstop work. He rushed through dinner. Instead of staying in his study to continue working like he usually did, he took a quick shower and directly went to bed. Leena was frowning with a pout even when she was asleep, which made Kevin wonder what was in her dream that made her unhappy. With a smile, Kevin pulled Leena into his arms and soon fell into sweet dreams.

When the first beam of warm sunshine penetrated through the curtain and danced tenderly in Leena's face, she opened her watery eyes with a huge yawn. She wasn't surprised to see that the other side of the bed was cold and empty. She sometimes even wondered whether Kevin really slept in this bed. Had it not been for the faint and refreshing scent of mint from the pillow and the quilt, Leena would have thought that the man she thought she had married was only her own illusion. However, Leena was struck by another question all of a sudden. She remembered clearly that she locked the door last night. So how did Kevin get in? 'Perhaps he has superpowers and he can walk through walls!' Amused by her own thought, Leena burst into giggles.

Leena stretched with another yawn. After staring blankly at the ceiling for a short while, she got out of bed on barefoot and walked towards the bathroom. She decided to let go of how Kevin got in the bedroom, since she might as well ask him later in person. She was too tired last night that she fell asleep without taking a shower; therefore she felt sweaty and uncomfortable now. All she wanted for the moment was a long hot bath to relax.