A Night of Desire

Chapter 206 - 203: I Can’t Help It, I Just Wanted to Wait for You

As he led her by the hand to the dining room table, Clara Grant suddenly wondered, ’Does a relationship between a man and a woman change after something sexual happens? Or even just something sex-related?’

’Does it become more intimate? Or maybe their interactions just become more casual, natural, and relaxed?’

’Take them, for example. Before, she had always pushed him away. Even setting Miles Quinn aside, she’d held a grudge against him and was always trying to avoid him.’

’But now, she had actually come back to his home with him, let him hold her hand, and was even starting to mentally talk herself into accepting him!’

’And it seemed like all of this only started to change this morning, after she... helped him out in the car.’

’Even though it didn’t count as actually having sex, it was still an intimate act that she’d engaged in with him while fully conscious.’

’Was she a conservative person? Maybe. But she wasn’t so old-fashioned that sleeping with a man she didn’t love would make her feel obligated to be with him forever, to marry him, to force herself to fall for him.’

’Take that time she was drugged and slept with Seth Quinn. That was *actually* having sex, and even then, she never considered accepting him.’

’But now, her heart was actually wavering. Could it be? Have I really started developing feelings for Seth Quinn?’

’Then what about her feelings for Miles Quinn? What did she feel for him now?’

’Could three years of a painful, one-sided crush really lose out to knowing someone for two months and spending less than a month with them?’

Clara Grant’s thoughts were once again a tangled mess.

Seth Quinn emerged from the kitchen holding a tray with several takeout containers. He walked to the dining table, placed them down one by one, and said to Clara Grant, "I ordered this on the way back, thinking we could eat when you woke up. I just didn’t expect you to sleep this long.

If I ordered more now, I was afraid you’d be too hungry to wait. So, I just reheated everything. Let’s eat this for now. I can order more later."

Clara Grant snapped back to her senses. Her gaze drifted to the wall clock, which read five in the afternoon.

She was shocked. ’Did I really sleep for that long?’ They had returned to the city shortly after noon at the latest. On top of the two-plus hours she had already slept in the car, she had just slept for more than four hours straight?!

’It seems all those early mornings, late nights, and working myself to the bone on set for the past month were no joke. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have slept this long the second I got a chance to relax.’

She pulled her gaze away from the clock and looked at the takeout on the table. The food looked and smelled incredible, and she was sure it would taste just as good. Her appetite was instantly piqued.

"This all looks great! There’s no need to order more," Clara Grant said, leaning in for a sniff. A smile spread across her face unconsciously. "Wow, that smells amazing."

With that, she picked up her chopsticks and dug in.

Her mood lifted instantly with the first bite of delicious food. She had always believed there was no problem a good meal couldn’t solve. And if one couldn’t, two definitely would.

Seth Quinn watched her, an uncontrollably fond smile playing on his lips. He returned to the kitchen and came out with two bowls of hot rice.

He set one bowl in front of Clara Grant and the other in front of himself before sitting down and starting to eat.

Clara Grant looked up. "You haven’t eaten this whole time either, have you?"

"Mhm." Seth Quinn took a bite of a dish and met her gaze. "I was planning on waiting to eat with you. But then I saw how soundly you were sleeping, so I joined you for a nap. Who knew we’d end up sleeping for so long."

Clara Grant’s heart skipped a beat. She lowered her gaze and muttered, "You should have just eaten by yourself since I was asleep. Why did you have to wait for me?"

"I couldn’t help it. I just wanted to wait for you."