#Chapter 170 – A Change of Seasons

Helen’s POV When I opened my eyes next, sunlight filtered in through the living room windows. I was still lying on Justin. Though now I’d slid down, so I lay sideways across his lap. Looking up, I saw him looking down at me. He smiled. “You look pretty when you sleep,” he said. I blushed. It was such an innocent compliment and so unlike our usual interactions. He got the faintest hint of a blush on his cheeks, too. “You’re even prettier when you blush,” he said. Something hard throbbed against my cheek, and I hurried off his lap. I wasn’t ready to do that—yet. Justin flushed even deeper and looked away from me, rubbing the back of his head. “Sorry about that. It’s just—” “It’s okay. I get it,” I said. “That was kind of the expectation for our bodies in the past. So, naturally, it’s in your nature to be ready should the moment arise.” “Would you two shut the hell up?” Randy grumped at us from the couch. “We were up way too late to listen to your twisted version of