Chapter 149 A Mate's Responsibility

Leona's POV I stayed in the bathroom for a long time, so long that Soren started knocking impatiently before I finally came out. He gently dried my hair with a towel like he used to, and then picked up the hairdryer to blow it dry. At this moment, we seemed to have returned to the past. … When I was 18 years old, I had clung to his arm and whined, "I read an Eastern love story today. It said that a man who truly loves you will paint your eyebrows and do your makeup. That's considered the most tender promise. "Soren, would you do that for me?" How had Soren answered back then? He pulled me into his embrace, kissed my forehead, and laughed softly. "Darling, as long as you don't mind me painting you like a little tabby cat, I'd be happy to oblige." From then on, though Soren never painted my eyebrows or did my makeup, whenever he saw my hair wet, he'd always patiently dry it for me. … A burning body pressed against me from behind. Soren's presence instantly surrounded me. His l