Revenge After Prison Never Forgiven (Abigail) novel Chapter 276

Chapter 276

And for that, he would never feel regret.

When be returned to the room. Abigail was already in bed, sining quietly with the blanket draped over her lower body like an obedient child

Sebastian stepped in, the smile rugging at the corner of his mouth impossible to suppress.

He shut the door behind him, turned toward her, and said with an rasy warmth. “I brought your phone. It’s pretty bite, so I didn’t grab the table. Figured we should both try and sleep.”

“Yeah, I’m honestly beat, she replied. But despite

ite her calm tone, her hear was racing wildly,

Sebastian walked over to the bed and handed her the phone

He lingered at the bedside for a moment before clearing his throat. “Well… I guess III lie down too.

“Sure.” Abigail said. The air between them was tentative, almost embarrassingly so.

They were acting like teenagers fumbling through their first night under the same roof.

Abigail had always thought Sebastian would be more experienced in this sort of thing. But it turned out he was just as unpracticed.

He slipped under the covers without so much as brushing against her.

Then, just as she lay down, something suddenly dawned on him. He had named his smart Al assistant Abby

Every night, he had to say that name aloud to turn off the lights.

He had named it after Abigail, of course, but now that she was in his bed, the whole thing felt mortifying. Unaware of his in

is inner turmod, Abigail lay still for a while, then spoke gently. “Should we turn the lights off!”

“Yeah” he replied, lifting the covers slightly.

“Don’t you have voice control?” she asked, almost casually,

Sebastian glanced down at her. She looked so serene, lying there beneath the covers, that he had to force down the impulse rising in his chest.

“I do,” he said, shifting his gaze away. Just didn’t feel like calling it our tonight”

As soon as the main light went out, the ambient glow from the motion sensors lit up, a soft halo running along the baseboards, gentle enough not to disturb sleep, warm enough to soften the room.

“You’ve put a lot of thought into this space,” Abigail said, glancing around. “Feels almost like… a girl’s bedroom.”

“Oh” Sebastian turned his head toward her, lifting the edge of the blanket as he joined her, “You saying I feel like a girl?”

He leaned in closer as he said it, wearing a mock–serious expression. Though he kept his tone light, there was an undeniable weight in his proximity.

Abigail named her back to lum quickly. “I didn’t mean that.”

Her short hair hadn’t grown much since she last trimmed it. The movement revealed the nape of her neck, smooth and achingly

Sebastian stared at that curve for a long, quiet moment and let out a breathless sigh. If he could resist touching her now, perhaps he really had mastered the art of restraint

He lay lack, eyes on the ceiling, and resigned himself to a sleepless night.

Abigail, on the other hand, was already worn out

The endless meetings and the long day of work had all drained her.

Hei thoughts scattered for a while, then dissolved into sleepi

Sebastian, still wide awake, mached for the phone on lus nightstand and opened the group chat with James and Warren

[I can’t sleep. What do you do when this happenst]

He felt like he’d vastly overestimated his own willpower.

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