With a stiffened back, Zoe dared not make any sudden movement.

Amid the darkness, her eyes widened in the darkness.

Was he... really asleep?

He usually kept to his side of the bed. What was all the sprawling around the bed today? Was he pretending to be asleep?

Zoe waited for a moment, and Henry stopped fidgeting too. The pin-drop silence with the man's faint breathing in the background drew out a frame of tranquility and serenity.

When she was sure that the man ...