When Noah pulled back, she breathed heavily. Noah's eyes were heavy with desire as he caressed her face. Even though she had gotten a lot better than she was after waking up, Noah had never attempted to do more than kiss her. They were close, in fact very close, she could tell him things that she was afraid to tell her own family.
But the thing that pulled her close to him was that he respected her very much. He gave his opinion and discussed them with her but never tried to enforce them upon her.
"Noah," she murmured, "I am facing problems at office."
"What kind of problems?" he asked as worry covered his face, his fingers slipping her hair behind her ear, "Something major?"
"You saw the news?" Aana asked.
"I did not." he said, straightening, "What happened?"
Aana told him everyth
