Although it wasn't the first time they'd been so intimately close, it had been five years since their last tender touch.
They didn't want to acknowledge the distance that had grown between them, yet they couldn't escape the fact that it was hard to remember the feeling of being nestled against each other. Both Yan and Zhu Qianying had forgotten how that type of intimacy felt.
When Yan reached out, he was fully prepared for her to reject him.
Even though she had expressed her willingness to start anew with him, the gap five years of estrangement had created couldn't be bridged that easily. It was not an easy task for her to suddenly accept all these intimate gestures and touches.
So, when he felt her lean into him, pressing her back lightly to his chest, he momentarily held his breath. Then his heart started pounding uncontrollably.
