Arissa yawned with new energy in her before snuggling into Nicklaus more. She stayed that way for a while, enjoying more of his warmth.
It left her amazed she would one day love someone's comfort to fall asleep. No one has ever lured her to sleep the way he did.
She never knew when she drifted off to the sleep world, and neither does she know how peace in the morning felt until today.
In the past, she would have said she knew peace but the peace that came with waking up in his arms wasn't a feeling but heaven.
She felt so secure and sound that she could make a daring bet with death fearlessly while in his arms this way.
She likes this man. She liked every little thing about him. Romantically? No, not romantically. She only like how he makes her feel.
Nicklaus stared down at the smiling woman in his arms. Her smile was so satisfied, and it left him wishing he would one day be able to give her that.
