"Luca?" Ayana hesitantly called with her hoarse voice.
"I am here," Luca answered as he caressed her cheek. At that gesture, Ayana sighed in relief.
"You okay?" Luca asked. The worry in his voice was obvious although he seemed very calm.
"Just a bad dream," Ayana sighed as she started to notice that she was not in their room.
No wonder. Ayana thought inwardly as she looked at Luca, realizing the reason she was restless in her sleep. She forgot about it since she was accustomed to sleeping by herself now, but the reason she could sleep soundly in their room sometimes even without him was actually because the room smelled like him. The bed, the pillow, although it was faint, Ayana felt calm when her nose picked that smell.
Ayana pushed her body up but stopped for a second when the pain on her upper waist intensified. Nothing was shown on her face but Luca seemed to know the reason she stopped moving because he started to look annoyed.
