The Actress' Husband

Episode 63: Girlfriends

Episode 63: Girlfriends

"Home sweet home!" Emily exclaimed whilst kicking off her shoes and flopping down onto the enormous bed.

She felt a form follow suit and find itself beside her. With one eye closed, she peeped at Nicholas who was staring up at the ceiling of her bedroom, seemingly in a daze. The woman didn't cease her adoration of his face as he completely closed his eyes for the next few seconds. He appeared tired; sleep bags leaving a visible indent beneath his eyes and that's when it occurred to her that he probably hadn't gotten any sleep during their flight.

From the moment she had started watching movies and unknowingly falling asleep to them, he was in the same position when she woke up.

On his laptop; utterly consumed by work.

It didn't help that she had slept for most of the flight. The fatigue she didn't feel prior had caught up with her so she couldn't see to it that he had gotten some rest. But now that they were home she could ensure that much.

The feeling of Emily locking his legs with her own had his eyes opening instantly.

He gave her an odd look which she returned with a bemused smile, arms opening themselves invitingly.

"Let's take a nap."

"You slept for almost ten hours, what are you talking about?" He questioned but still found himself drawn to her embrace.

With his head on her stomach, her fingers found themselves running through his scalp which caused a satisfied moan to leave him.

She blushed hard when he snuggled up to her more because of it as if he was prompting her to keep working her magic.

"But you didn't." She countered his statement from earlier.

Nicholas' body was entirely still when he realized what she was trying to do.

She was worried about him not getting enough sleep over the past 24 hours so she offered to do so even though she probably didn't want or need it.

He kissed her exposed shoulder blade quickly before he slowly withdrew from her embrace to face her. Right then, his brown eyes reflected gratitude. "Have I ever told you how much I love you?"

She shrugged her shoulders, "Once or twice."

His eyes were radiating a high level of amusement but they changed with a deep shade of seriousness.

"Thank you."

That simple phrase touched her heart as he quickly gathered her in his arms again. She got a ridiculous amount of happiness from being there.

"By the way, where's our little troublemaker? I'm surprised she hasn't come between us the moment our bodies touched the bed." He muttered, eyes closed and fingers tracing the length of her arm.

"With Nanny Kim. She's introducing her to the bed and all the new toys you told her to buy for her while we were in Paris. You always talk so badly of Aurora but you're already spoiling her."

"I did some research and they said those are the essentials for a pet. I just want her to be comfortable in her new home. Not only for her benefit but mine. God knows how noisy she can be when she's not at ease."

"Yeah, yeah. Why don't you just admit you're a sucker for her already?"

His eyes opened in a flash and it startled her at how unexpected it was.

"Oh-"

"I thought you said you wanted us to get some rest." He said, sounding as if he was at his limit.