Chapter 53 Will You Behave in Your Sleep?
Caroline''s semi-dry hair fell loosely around her shoulders in a fluffy cloud. She stared in frustration at Alistair''s retreating back as he walked toward the bedroom door.
After everything she''d said, after all this "self-sacrifice," if Alistair was still hemming and hawing, she had to wonder if she had any appeal as a woman in his eyes at all.
She couldn''t help thinking back to their first meeting. When
Alistair saw her, there hadn''t been that spark of amazement in his
eyes, had there?
Unlike other girls, Caroline didn''t obsess over her appearance.
Still, from people''s reactions throughout her life, she knew she was pretty damn gorgeous.
Her looks were actually the least remarkable thing about her. She preferred keeping a low profile and staying out of the spotlight. But life had other ns. Her striking beauty always brought her the kind of attention she never asked for.
Caroline hated how guys would practically pop their eyeba... out staring at her. It made her skin crawl.
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Yet when someone-namely Alistairpletely ignored her beauty, she couldn''t help overthinking it.
Maybe she really did have double standards, just like Alistair had pointed out.
Of course, the real reason was simple. She cared about Alistair. That was why his opinion of her mattered so much.
Seeing Alistair''s hand already on the doorknob, Caroline blurted out impatiently, "What are you doing now?"
Her voice carried a note of disappointment she didn''t even notice
herself.
Alistair scratched his head. "There''s only one nket on the bed. I''m going to grab mine."
Otherwise, sharing one nket would definitely turn nothing into something! "Oh. Fine, go ahead then," Caroline replied coolly.
The moment Alistair left, Caroline covered her face, mortified. Thank goodness she''d kept herposure. She''d almost let Alistair see how flustered she really
was!
Alistair returned to the small room he''d been staying in for several
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days, the one he''d already grown ustomed to, and silently said his goodbyes.
He picked up his meticulously folded nket and trudged back toward Caroline''s room with heavy steps.
"Dad!"
The sudden shout made Alistair jump.
Eloise stood in front of her bedroom door, looking troubled.
"Didn''t you and Mom make up? Why are you still sleeping in your own room?"
Alistair was speechless.
A mother really does know her daughter.
No wonder Caroline had insisted he sleep in her bedroom. She''d anticipated their little spy would be checking up on them.
In reality, it wasn''t like that at all.
Caroline simply didn''t want to waste the perfect opportunity her precious daughter had created.
"Your mom doesn''t have enough nkets," Alistair exined. "I''m taking one over to her."
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Eloise sighed dramatically, like an adult. "I thought you guys were just pretending to make up. But Dad, can''t you and Mom share a nket? Snuggles and I share one every night."
Snuggles was her little brown teddy bear. She couldn''t fall asleep without clutching him tightly every night.
Alistair couldn''t help but smile, "You and Snuggles are little kids. Mom and Dad
are adults. It would be too cramped under one nket."
Inside the bedroom, Caroline heard this and sighed.
A seven-foot-wide nket is plenty big enough for two people, thank you very much.
Still, she had overlooked this detail. If she were being honest, she didn''t have the courage to share a nket with Alistair right now
either.
Everything needed to happen one step at a time.
For now, just sleeping in the same bed with Alistair was pushing the boundaries of intimacy she could handle.
Alistair returned to toss his nket onto the white bed, then came back. "Eloise, it''s gettingte. If you don''t go to sleep now, you
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won''t be able to get up tomorrow."
Eloise obediently replied with a soft "Okay," climbing into bed and
carefully cradling her little brown teddy bear in her arms.
Alistair gently tucked the nket around her. "Go to sleep, sweetie."
Eloise closed her eyes, but three secondster, they popped oper again. "Daddy,
can you please not fight with Mommy?"
Alistair decided to exin properly, "Eloise, I''m not fighting with your mom."
Disbelief was written all over Eloise''s big eyes. "Then why don''t you and Mommy sleep in the same bed? All my friends'' parents sleep in the same bed!"
"Well, that''s because Daddy..."
A brilliant idea struck Alistair.
He snored really soundly, and it would disturb Caroline''s rest. That was why he
slept in a separate room from Caroline, not because they were fighting.
He''d even thought of an excuse for when Eloise asked why ne hadn''t mentioned this before. He''d say he was embarrassed and
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worried people would make fun of him.
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Eloise would definitely say, "No, Daddy, it''s not like you want to snore. It''s something you can''t control. I won''t make fun of you."
And just like that, he''d have a perfectly reasonable exnation for why he and Caroline slept in separate rooms. He wouldn''t have to give up his private space today or any day in the future.
Alistair felt like a genius. Caroline would probably thank him if she
knew.
He was a guy, and guys usually had thicker skin when it came to rtionship drama. If even he couldn''t handle it, Caroline, who appeared calm andposed, probably couldn''t deal with it
either.
Just then, a cool, detached voice interrupted him. "Eloise, it''s gettingte. Daddy needs to sleep too."
Alistair was left speechless.
Seriously? I haven''t even finished what I was saying! What a perfect opportunity wasted, one I might never get back.
"Goodnight, Daddy Goodnight, Mommy," Eloise mumbled
Her biological clock kicked in, and she yawned and closed her
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eyes, suddenly ovee with drowsiness.
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Caroline leaned down to kiss her forehead, then nced at the reluctant Alistair.
"Aren''t youing to bed?"
If Alistair could, he would have sat there until dawn.
Caroline seemed sofortable with the situation, making him feel awkward inparison.
He gritted his teeth silently. "Yeah, I''ming."
Alistair returned to the bedroom that was saturated with Caroline''s presence. He walked to his side of the bed andy down, pulling just the corner of the nket over himself, his body stiff as a corpse.
With his eyes closed, all his attention shifted to his hearing.
He listened as Caroline approached her side of the bed. The light switched off, then the mattress dipped slightly beside him. After a brief rustling of sheets, everything went quiet.
Alistair could hear his own pulse and the anxious beating of his heart. The sound seemed deafening.
He quietly ced his hand over his heart, as if that might prevent the noise from disturbing Caroline.
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Then, Alistair pretended to be sound asleep until...
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"Alistair, do you move around a lot when you sleep?" Caroline suddenly asked
from the darkness.
If she hadn''t spoken up, he would have thought she was already
asleep.
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