Chapter 45: Valcor Island

"Mine…" 

Mineah stirred upon hearing Nikolai's familiar voice. Unknowingly, she smiled at his soothing tone. Somehow, his simple voice was more than enough to make her feel secure.

Slowly opening her eyes, she hummed, "Lai?"

Instead of hearing a reply, Mineah felt his warm lips gently kissing her knuckles. She turned to him, and there was Nikolai smiling lovingly at her. With how surreal everything was to her at the moment, she couldn't help but wonder if this was nothing more than another dream to her.

'Will it turn into another erotic one?' she inwardly mused, which ended up making her weakly chuckle at how silly her thoughts were even in her dreams.

"Mine, you're scaring me. Why are you laughing?" he soothingly asked. "Oh, please don't tell me you hit your head or something… but there's no single scratch on you at all."

Mineah frowned at his words. "Is this real?" she asked as she tried to sit up on her own.