Dangerous Love: You Are My One and Only Bride novel Chapter 1595

A smile shadowed Mark’s lips. He reached out and ruffled her hair. “Don’t worry, I’ve washed. Sorry for the troubles and for forcing you to put up with my stench the entire night,” he said. “I’m going to the Tower now, and you go back to sleep, okay? You can sleep until you’re all freshened up for work. I’ll discount it from being tardy.”

Seeing his gentle smile dispelled the sleepy haze in Arianne’s head. How long had it been since he last smiled like this? A thick smog of gloom had been shrouding his mien for days that now, seeing him talking to her this early in the morning felt like a miracle.

Arianne watched Mark going into their changing room before sitting up on her bed. She shook her still groggy head, suspecting herself to be dreaming.

Mark came out of the room, changed, and saw Arianne sitting on the bed. “Oh no, did I wake you up?” he said gently. “You can go back to sleep. I’ll be going right away.”

She shook her head again and spread her arms wide.

For a moment, Mark gawked at her motionlessly. Then he dashed forward and pulled her into his embrace. “What’s the matter?”

She tightened her arms around his firm, tough torso and let an overwhelming sense of security settle inside her. “Nothing. I just suddenly feel like hugging you. I haven’t hugged you like this for a long, long time...”

Was it that long? Mark was a little lost. He had not noticed how long he’d neglected her.

After a period of silence, he asked tentatively, “Why don’t we have a go before I…?”

‘Have a go?’ Arianne landed a slap on his chest. “The only thing that’s going is you—to the office. Jesus, what do you have in that filthy brain of yours, huh? When I said I wanna hug, I meant it literally. What did you think?”

Mark was a little miffed, though. What other activity did they have that could adequately pull two hearts closer together once more?