Chapter 113

Not knowing what to do. What if he moved forward, and it wasn’t what he intended?

He wouldn’t have kissed me on his own initiative if he wasn’t expecting something else… Right?

I removed the cup from his reach before he grabbed it, and placed them both on the table, at a safe distance and where they wouldn’t accidentally spill. I swallowed, uneasy. I looked at the fire for a moment, uncertain. I also looked at the television, at my bookshelf, and finally a shiver of excitement ran through my body when I felt his warm, huge hand calmly taking mine.

“Johanna,” he called me, with a firm voice. “Johanna, look at me.”

I stopped shaking the moment he spoke to me, and his fingers closed over mine. I turned to look at him; Ivan had also just left the remote control on the table. He kissed the back of my hand softly, and another shudder passed through me.

“Come here,” he urged me, and I did not dare to disobey him.

He leaned forward on the couch. He gently