At midnight, Carla felt someone holding her in her sleep. She half opened her eyes and glanced across. Then closed them again and went back to sleep.
Terence crawled into her bed again, leaving his own luxurious room to be with her.
It was hard to change the habit.
She was used to him crawling into her bed at midnight, so she closed her eyes and continued to sleep not arguing with him.
Terence spooned her pulling her close to his body.
One hand was under her neck and the other on her waist.
He slipped his hand under her pajama top. It felt much nicer to feel her silky smooth skin beneath his hand.
He slept in Carla's room so often that Nathan soon stopped being concerned about the whereabouts of Terence, as he knew that he was in Carla's room when he wasn't in his own.
The next morning, Terence and Carla took Sean to Ice Kingdom.
The Ice Kingdom was an underground castle made from real ice. It was said that it took hundreds of workers five years to complete this magnificent piece of art.
"Carla, Terence. Can I play in the maze?"
Sean was well rugged up with a heavy down jacket. He pointed to the sign with a picture of a large iced maze.
"Okay, you can have whatever you want today. Let's go to the maze." Carla was also wearing a heavy jacket, looked at the sign and began to walk there with Sean holding him by the hand.
Terence was wearing a dark green down jacket. He followed closely behind.
Nathan and Rainer were in charge of carrying the bags and protecting them as usual. They followed as well.
"Carla, you don't need to hold my hand. I can find the exit by myself faster," . Sean said itching to try on his own. Carla grabbed him so he couldn't run off.
"Sean!"
Carla didn't feel confident to let him go by himself. She was afraid of losing him since the maze was bigger than she imagined.
Terence walked over and took Carla's hand. "It's okay. Let him go."
Then, he turned around and said, "Nathan, follow him. Make sure he doesn't get lost."
Nathan handed the bags to Rainer and quickly followed Sean.
Knowing that Nathan was taking care of Sean, Carla felt at ease.
"Carla, it normally takes half an hour to get out of the maze. Come, l'll take you to somewhere else, a better place," said Terence while he held her cold hand in his. They headed back away from the maze.
"A better place? It's ice all over. How can you find a better place?"
said Carla breathing out white smoke and hugging the jacket closer to herself.
Ice Kingdom was actually a display of delicate ice carvings. People came here for the feeling of freshness and for cooling down in the hot summer. Other than that, there was nothing much interesting.
Terence grabbed her hand, turned several corners and walked into a place where few visitors came. At the entrance, he ran the card and the staff let them in.
Rainer waited outside.
When they went in, Carla was amazed at what she saw.
"Wow! It's so beautiful!"
The whole room was made of ice, the windows, the bed, the wardrobe, and everything. Everything, was made out of colorful ice.
The bed could actually be slept on because it was covered with a thick fluffy blanket. The floor was also covered in fur rugs, which was warm enough to walk on in bare feet.
Carla opened the closet and found everything necessary in there, even— a box of Durex.
Though it was cold, the atmosphere was romantic, so maybe some people came here to have sex.
"Terence—."
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