Chapter 148

Sleeping on the floor was indeed a bit of an indignity for a wealthy and influential young man like Joshua. But Shermaine replied without hesitation, “No way.”

She didn’t have the habit of sharing a bed with anyone. Moreover, she was only giving him a chance to redeem himself; she wasn’t about to offer him the privilege of half her bed.

‘Mr. York is really shameless, able to say something so outrageous,’ she thought.

Anticipating her response, Joshua smiled. “Sheary, don’t you want to learn Mysonnian?” he said, implying something more. “It’s not very convenient to teach you while I’m on the floor.”

Shermaine paused, then replied, “I’m not learning tonight.”

The place was too remote and backward; her laptop and phone couldn’t get any signal. Otherwise, she could have learned online and wouldn’t have to rely on this cunning man in front of her.

‘She’s not learning? What a pity,’ Joshua thought. He wasn’t really disappointed, but he made up his mind to keep trying.

“Goodnight, Sheary,” Joshua said. His voice was very sexy in the darkness.

Shermaine found Joshua a bit annoying and pulled the blanket higher up, but she replied politely, “Goodnight.”

But the night was still young; it was just past nine o’clock.

Maybe it was the hard bed with only a thin blanket for padding, which was too uncomfortable. Shermaine couldn’t get used to it and had no sleepiness at all.

She could hear Joshua’s low, steady breathing from the lower left side of the bed, rhythmic and calm. However, she was becoming more and more alert.

Listening to this breathing pattern, Joshua wasn’t asleep either. But he was very quiet, not even turning over.

“This is the third time she’s turned over,” he thought. Joshua heard it clearly. ‘It looks like I have a chance to get into bed tonight.’

Joshua didn’t mind sleeping on the floor. Before he was discharged, he had endured much worse conditions.

After about twenty minutes, Shermaine still couldn’t fall asleep. She gave up. Instead of wasting time, she might as well use it to learn some Mysonnian.

The bed was quite wide; it could easily accommodate two people. Moreover, she wasn’t sharing a blanket with Joshua. After some consideration, she said, “Come up and teach me.”

Joshua quickly replied, “Okay.”

He picked up his blanket and lay down on Shermaine’s left side. Joshua casually turned to his side, as if he could see Shermaine’s silhouette through the darkness.

“Sheary, you’re so nice,” Joshua murmured, his tone tinged with amusement.

“Let’s start the lesson,” Shermaine said.

“Okay.” Joshua began his Mysonnian lesson.

Learning Mysonnian wasn’t difficult, especially for someone as intelligent as Shermaine, who naturally picked things up quickly.

Time passed. Shermaine had already grasped the basics and could converse with Joshua in Mysonnian. Plus, she was starting to feel sleepy. With one last turn, she fell into a deep sleep.

As dawn began to break, Shermaine was groggy and on the verge of waking up. She turned over and vaguely felt a lump beside her, but she didn’t realize it.

Instinctively, she kicked out, with enough force to send someone flying out of bed.

After Shermaine moved, Joshua opened his eyes. His beautiful, narrow eyes showed no sign of sleep, meaning he had probably been awake for a while.

He hadn’t expected Shermaine to kick upon waking, but a faint smile flickered in his eyes. He reached out from under the blanket and caught Shermaine’s kick.

His pants were rolled up to his knees, revealing her calf. Joshua held her foot, his fingertips circling the protruding bone on her ankle twice. “Good morning, Sheary.”

Shermaine felt Joshua’s touch and curled her toes, feeling a bit sensitive. She was now fully awake and tried to pull her foot back, but Joshua’s grip was too tight.

Shermaine pursed her lips. “Let go.”

“Sheary, you asked me to come up here last night,” he said.

“I know,” Shermaine replied, realizing her earlier action had been subconscious.

Joshua looked at her, his voice slow. “If I hadn’t woken up earlier than you, I would have been kicked out of bed.”

‘But you weren’t kicked out of bed, were you?’ she thought.

Shermaine felt certain that Joshua was trying to get something out of her again. Since they had arrived in Mysonna, she had already given him quite a few favors. She wouldn’t let him take advantage of her generosity like this.

Without another word, she kicked out with her other foot as well.