I couldn' t fathom the serenity and just a complete sense of accomplishment that surged through me the moment my eyes had fluttered open . The room , certainly not mine , was yet to be struck from the morning rays of the rising sun . I turned , feeling the heated silken sheets move with me . Nicholas lay beside me with his handsome face the image of peacefulness in his slumber . His hair was tousled from the endeavours of the night before as well as the anchoring sleep that followed . He was wrapped around me like a vine growing over spikes , like creeper plants clunch their way over tree trunks . It certainly was not something that I found to be unfavorable at all . On the contrary , I enjoyed being near him or having any part of him touch me . His weighty thigh was thrown over my legs