Chapter 90

Only then did Vivienne snap fully awake. She had been… staring at Sebastian this whole time. She'd seen him without clothes before. After all, everything that could've happened between them already happened, but that was mostly at night. This was in broad daylight and under completely different circumstances. The sight still hit her harder than she'd expected, leaving her flustered and in an undeniably awkward position. Trying to play it cool, she said, "Sorry, I thought you'd already left for work, so I didn't knock. I'll get out right now…" Sebastian had already returned to his usual calm self. He stood still, looking at her with quiet, steady eyes. The dark depths of his gaze reflected her awkward, panicked expression. Given how guarded and prickly she'd been lately, seeing her like this suddenly struck him as… unexpectedly cute. With that, all the frustration that had been simmering in him since last night quietly faded away. Sebastian tossed the towel aside and began walki