Leaning against his chest, she wrapped her arms around him tightly, clinging to him like an octopus, desperate for the reassurance of his warmth and strength.
Listening to the steady rhythm of Holdenâs heartbeat, Arianaâs nerves gradually eased.
Holden gently touched Arianaâs head, his voice soft and caring as he asked, âAre you still feeling scared?â
Ariana nodded and whispered, âI keep feeling like someoneâs walking around outside.
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Ariana became more uneasy as she spoke.
Her arms around Holdenâs waist unconsciously tightened.
She also wanted to calm down and rest.
But no matter how hard she tried, she still couldnât fall asleep.
She began tossing and turning again.
In the meantime, she didnât want to let go of Holden, so she kept her legs around his waist.
Ariana kept changing positions, and her legs rubbed against Holdenâs lower body from time to time.
Holden was aroused, but he tried his best to restrain himself.
He used one of his hands to stop Ariana from moving so often.
But she struggled and rubbed him even more.
Holden took a deep breath, wrapped his arms around her waist, and pulled her into his arms.
âIf you canât fall asleep, you can do something else to divert your attention,â he said.
âWhat do you mean?â Ariana looked at Holden in confusion.
Holden responded to her with a ki*s.
A night of love and passion began.
When it was over, Ariana was so tired that she fell asleep instantly.
It was already noon when she woke up the next day.
Holden was no Longer in the room.
Ariana sat up and checked her phone.
She found she had numerous unread messages.
They were all from her friends, asking her if she was okay and that if anything had happened last night.
Sonia seemed the most anxious, asking Ariana where she was.
Ariana replied to everyone.
But she couldnât help wondering how they had found out about it overnight.
Shouldnât Holden be the only one who knew about what had happened last night?
Ariana suddenly thought of something, and she logged in to her social media account.
Sure enough, what had happened yesterday had topped the hot searches.
Randell had directly sent a lawyerâs letter using Arianaâs company account, stating there were celebrity stalkers last night who had broken into Arianaâs house and hurt her.
Randell included pictures of Arianaâs house being splashed with red paint and when they had been in the police station.
Only Ariana and Holden knew about all this, so it was obvious that Holden had told Randell about it and asked him to release it online.