There was only one bed in the room. Ariana would either sleep with Theodore or she would sleep on the floor. One thing was sure though: she could never sleep on the floor. She took a deep breath and rebuilt her confidence.

Although she felt awkward, she made an effort to get into bed as calmly as she could. However, she put a pillow between the two of them to keep a distance from Theodore.

Theodore found Ariana's childish behavior quite amusing, and he didn't say or do anything to stop her. She really thought a pillow could stop him from doing whatever he wanted? How ridiculous!

With the pillow putting a distance between them, the awkwardness in Ariana's heart gradually disappeared. She adjusted the pillow under her head, covered herself with the duvet and closed her eyes, doing her best to ignore Theodore's existence. However, she couldn't ignore Theodore's pleasant and unique smell that intoxicated her.

She figured she had to find a way to think of something else.

With that in mind, Ariana turned and stared at the man.

"I didn't ask you about our previous misunderstanding with regards to my ‘relationship’ with Tyler. Did you see or hear anything before that made you think I had a relationship with him?"

“It's the past," Theodore replied perfunctorily. He didn't want to talk about anything unpleasant to him. He then lay down on the bed.

“But I still want to know. Just tell me." Ariana had no intention of giving up. She shook his arm and kept pestering him for him to tell her the reason.

"If you don't tell me, I won't be able to sleep tonight, and I'll keep thinking about it all night.

Then you'll only have yourself to blame when I'll be disturbing you."

Ariana seemed nonchalant normally, but once she started acting like a spoiled child to get answers she was curious about, she could be quite irresistible.

Theodore couldn't resist Ariana's coquetry. So he had no choice but to pull out the envelope and show it to her.

It wasn't until Ariana saw the photo that she realized how vicious the person who sent the photo was. This person deliberately chose an ambiguous angle and removed all external elements from the image by retouching it.

Those who didn't know the truth would easily misinterpret the photo. This photo showed her and Tyler in an angle where they seemed to be kissing passionately.

“Stop staring at it. Sleep now." Even though Theodore knew that the photo had been retouched and the angle was deliberately chosen to cause a misunderstanding, he still felt uncomfortable whenever he looked at it. So he snatched it and threw it into the trash can.

He then tured off the lights in the room, plunging the room into total darkness.

They were both lying in bed and neither made a provocative move. Although it wasn't the first time they had shared a bed, their feelings had become different.

They didn't need to have long conversations for there to be chemistry between them.

Ariana's eyes were tightly shut, but she couldn't fall asleep. Her heart was beating intensely, and she couldn't help thinking that she had to do something.