Chapter 85 - 85: The Culprit

Erick woke up with the same sight before when they first slept together. Elle was comfortably sleeping in his arms. His other hand was wrapped around her waist cuddling her.

He would never get tired waking up in the morning and the first thing that would greet his eyes was her beautiful sleeping face. A gentle smile appeared on his face.

He wanted to stay like this for a while however his mind was telling him to get up already before she woke up and saw them like this. He didn't know what will be her reaction if she woke up seeing this position of them.

He sighed deeply and then he turned, laying his back on the bed and he was now facing the ceiling. Elle's head was still lying on his other arm.

As if Elle felt that the warmth which was wrapping her before like a blanket on a cold night suddenly fade, she moved her body closer to Erick and wrapped her free hand to embrace his body.

Erick was slightly shocked with her sudden movement. He turned his head to look at her. She was still soundly asleep. He tried to remove her arm but Elle hugged her tight and squeezed his body more thinking that he was a pillow. She sunk into his side wanted to feel his warmth.

Erick looked at her helplessly. "What am I gonna do to you Elle?" he softly mumbled while thinking how he would escape her embrace without waking her up.

Then seconds after, Elle slightly loosened her hold to his body. Erick breathed in relief however right after that Elle moved again her hand towards his abdomen. Erick gasped in his breath.

"Hey Sleeping Beauty what are you doing? Are you dreaming?"

Elle frown. She was half asleep, when she noticed that her arm was touching a soft but a little hard thing. It felt different from a pillow. Unconsciously, her hand travelled over his body, exploring and caressing his abdominal muscles.

Erick groaned from the sensation that her touch was giving him right now. "Oh Damn, don't do this Elle. You are torturing me!" Erick's heart was pounding like crazy.

Erick cursed himself when he felt that his little friend down there was now also fully awake. The temperature suddenly rose up in several degrees. He needed to do something before he lost all his self control.

Elle's hand moved again this time it's direction was going down. Erick's eyes widened and he began to panic.

"Oh Elle... No! Don't! Not there! Not down there!" Erick grabbed her moving hand immediately before she could touch something that she was not supposed to touch.

Elle grunted in her sleep, not happy when she felt her hand was stopped by something. She moved closer and nuzzled her face toward his body.

Erick seemed like he wanted to cry. He thought that it was really hard to be a gentleman in this kind of situation. Erick had no choice but to wake the girl up while he was still in his right mind and his self control was still hanging on the edge.

"Elle wake up!!!Elle!" Erick gently patted her to wake her up.

"Hmm?" Elle finally woke up. She slowly opened her eyes only to see Erick's indescribable expression. At first, it didn't register yet to her mind what is happening so she closed her eyes again.

Then seconds later, as if she realized that something was not right. She immediately opened her eyes and she saw Erick was still looking at her very seriously.

Elle frown and she was shocked to find out that she was lying in his arms while her other hand was wrapped around his body. Her body was really closed to his.

Elle's eyes widened and now she was really fully awake. She removed her arms away from his body and she sat up. She couldn't look at him straight in his eyes.

'Sh**t, what did I do? What's with his serious expression. Is he mad?'

Erick could finally breath normally now that Elle distanced herself from him. The atmosphere became so awkward so to break the silence Erick spoke up first.

Seeing her embarrassed expression, he couldn't help himself from teasing her.

"I didn't know that you are a little bit aggressive in your sleep." Erick said to her before he let out a soft chuckle.

Elle became more fl.u.s.tered after hearing him.

'What did he mean by that? What did I do?'

She was confused and at loss for words.

Erick got up from the bed. He leaned down and gently patted her head "Good morning sleepyhead. Next time my dear, can you behave well while you sleep? You almost made me commit a sin so early this morning." Erick said teasing her more.

Erick left after saying that. Elle was left speechless.

'Damn! That was so embarrassing! He might think that I am taking advantage of him. Stupid Elle, why are you hugging him?" she mumbled as she was scolding herself.

She could now imagine and guess what did she do this morning. She was half asleep and she thought that the thing she was hugging and touching a while ago was a pillow.

'So dumb Elle! It was not a pillow! It was Erick's body! How come you didn't know how to differentiate between the two!' She pulled her hair as if she was having a headache. She was blaming her foolishness.

Then she saw the three big pillows in her feet. She shot those innocent pillows with sharp glare.

"The three of you! You traitors! I put you in the middle, how come you are down there?!" Elle grabbed the three pillows and started punching them one by one, venting her anger and embarrassment to the three poor pillows.

Meanwhile... Erick was now inside the bathroom, asking again the cold shower to help him control the burning desire that was awaken inside him.

Erick shook his head and his lips curled into a smile as he reminisced what transpired last night until this morning. Elle was like a drug to him. Her presence was so addicting.

Erick couldn't sleep last night even though how hard he tried. He counted 1 up to 100 many times to calm himself down but to no avail, it was all useless.

He just gave in to his desire and he turned to his side to watch over the sleeping beauty beside him. The moon shined brightly last night and he could see her face because of the faint light coming from outside.

He sat up in order to see her face clearly. He had the urge to trace and touch her face. She was really beautiful even in her sleep.

His hand started to move and he touched her lovely cheeks. Her skin was so soft. His heart was beating so fast, afraid that she would wake up anytime but still he couldn't stop himself from doing that.

Then after her cheeks, he traced her perfectly arched eyebrows, her cute pointed nose, and her kissable lips. He was really careful not to wake her up.

"Hmm, you sleep like a baby." He chuckled softly.

"Why did you offer to sleep together? Are you not afraid that I might do something to you? Did you trust me that much? I am still a man Elle." Erick softly mumbled as he talked to the soundly asleep Elle.

Erick couldn't take his eyes off her. At that very moment, he had the urge to kiss her and taste her soft delicate lips. He bent down in order to kiss her but at the last seconds he changed his mind.

His lips that was supposed to touch her lips ended up in her forehead.

Erick sighed deeply. "Fortunately, I don't want to break that trust that you are giving me. Good night Elle."

In the end he lay down again beside her. He wanted to watch her until he falls asleep but the pillow in the middle was a hindrance in his view so he decided to remove it and tossed it down.

Seconds later, he was not yet satisfied, so he removed the second pillow in the middle. He moved closer to her. But it was not enough, so he put the last pillow again down to their feet.

Lastly, he slightly raised Elle's head and he insert his arms so that she could now lay her head in his arm. Erick was now satisfied with this and he smiled, rejoicing inside. He was really glad that Elle sleep like a baby.

Then finally, the shameless detective who was the true culprit, drifted off to sleep with a victorious smile on his face.

He wanted to stay away from her but he couldn't. The more he restrained himself the more he was being drawn to her like a magnet.