Whenever Claudia was bored, she would read one of the books she borrowed from Aurora. In romance novels, the eyelashes of the heroines were often Likened to a miniature paintbrush.

Every time she encountered such descriptions, she always thought that the authors were exaggerating.

As she looked at Bennett's eyelashes right now, though, she realized that she had been completely wrong.

No matter what angle she looked from, his eyelashes resembled a tiny brush.

Claudia continued to admire Bennett's ethereal features, but the man remained asleep.

When her eyes fell on his lips, a sudden need to touch them arose in her.

Her hands shook at the mere notion of it.

Bennett showed no signs of waking up; his eyes were still closed, and he was breathing steadily.

Finally, Claudia reached out and ran her shaking fingers over his Lips. Even though they were dry, they felt supple and soft.

Unconsciously, Claudia gulped as the tips of her fingers began to feel hot.

She stared at his lips until a glint flashed in her eyes.

A more audacious idea came to her mind.

As Claudia examined Bennett's lips, she was overcome by an impulse to kiss them.

It felt Like there were two tiny women arguing inside her head. The more somber and reticent woman told the more jovial and carefree one, "You can't do that! It's rude!"

Quick as a flash, the jovial woman shot back, “I'm his wife! There's nothing wrong with me touching him! In fact, I could kiss and hug him all I wanted, and it wouldn't be inappropriate.”

The rational woman blushed and shrieked, "No! Even if you two are a married couple, you can't take advantage of him!"

The carefree woman retorted, “Intimacy between a man and a woman is not taboo if they love each other."

Claudia's rationality and her desire were fighting within her. Her face was already red, and she had not even done anything.

After some internal debate, her desire ultimately won out over her rationality. She leaned forward, pursed her lips, and kissed his plump ones.

At that very moment, Claudia could hear nothing except her own quickening breath and heartbeat. The room was strangely quiet.

There should be no problem kissing him while he was asleep, right? After all, Bennett had kissed her before without asking her first.

It was not Like a gentle kiss would rouse him.

Claudia tried to calm herself down, but to no avail. It was her first time stealing a kiss, after all.

As soon as her Lips met Bennett's, she felt a rush of excitement, as if she had just won the Lottery.