Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam)
Chapter 268 Your Heart is Made From Stone!

Anna slept soundly yesterday. She hadn't had such a good sleep for a long time.

Were she not in the middle of a test, she would have continued sleeping.

She raised herself from the bed forcefully, but the person beside her was long gone.

"He left."

She sighed, feeling down for no reason.

Does he not sleep at all? Every time he would go to sleep in the wee hours of the morning but still wake up before her.

She wrapped the blankets tightly around her body. Suddenly she smelled something like the smoke from burning cigarettes. She quickly went to the living room to check.

As she expected!

He was in the living room.

She stood near the bedroom door, her eyes squinting to look at the window. Liam was there smoking quietly, as he stood facing the bright sun.

The morning sun was bright. The sunlight brightened up his face and their surroundings, making everything clear including his eyes.

She wanted to approach him, but at the same time, she did not want to break the peaceful bubble that enveloped them at the time.

He noticed her, hesitating at the doorstep.

"You're awake?"

"Yeah." She lowered her head.

"You're awake too?" She asked softly.

"I didn't sleep."

"What?"

He didn't sleep?

She blinked her eyes twice but could see no signs of fatigue on him.

Is he made from iron?

"If I recall correctly, you are here to make me sleep." He stubbed out the cigarette and turned his head slowly.

"I... you really have difficulty sleeping?"

It can't be!

She always thought Liam slept very well.

He did not answer her question directly. "You did not complete your mission."

"I have no problem sleeping at all! I didn't even get enough sleep myself! Especially these few days I grew so tired that I can sleep for three days straight." "Cold-hearted people are like that."

Anna pouted. Her lips looked bright and juicy under reflections of the sunlight. "I have difficulty sleeping too sometimes! But your problem can be caused either by stress or..."

"Or what?"

"Or it can be..." Anna looked at him cautiously and mumbled very lightly.

"You're so perverted that you can't sleep."

"Anna Hamilton!"

"I'm here!"

"Can you not spoil the mood every time?"

"Uhm..." Anna scratched her head. "Did you really... not sleep?"

She glanced at the clock and found out that it was 9 a m. She yawned again and started counting how many hours of sleep she got.

They gathered at 3 am this morning. When they reached their rooms, it should be around 4 am already. She sang to Liam for a very long time, by then it should be roughly 5 am. She only slept for 4 hours and still felt sleepy.

She yawned for the third time. "We need to gather at 5 pm. Do you want to sleep now? You can still sleep for another eight hours. That would solve your sleep deprivation." Liam looked at her coldly "How can you be so sure that I will fall asleep immediately?"

"Of course!" Anna approached him and dragged him into the bedroom.

"Lie down now and don't think of anything else. I will close the curtains. Just imagine that it is nighttime and get a good rest! I will wake you up when it's time."

Anna closed the curtains and the room turned dark as if night had fallen.

"I will continue singing for you. Close your eyes and empty your mind, you can fall asleep in no time."

Anna sat at Liam's bedside. She covered him with a blanket and patted him gently.

He looked at her bare shoulders and said coldly.

"Anna, don't be overconfident."

"You don't have sleeping difficulties, do you?" Anna frowned. She looked at Liam's sharp handsome face under the dim light.

"Why?" He raised his voice.

"Isn't there a saying that you can't sleep soundly if you did too many bad things?"

Liam turned his back against Anna.

"Okay fine, I shouldn't put it that way." Anna came

closer and said with a much gentler voice. "Ready to sleep now?"

Liam still kept his back turned to her, not saying a thing.

She could smell his scent and her gaze on him became softer.

How can a person as strong as him be this vulnerable?

He could buy almost anything he wanted in this world, and yet he still suffered from this psychological barrier he couldn't surpass?

She started to grow more curious about him. Liam had this veil of mystery that she could not see through.

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way..."

"Change to a different song!"

"I don't know any other songs," she scratched her head awkwardly.

"Then try another method." 1

"Music helps you relax."

"But your singing is bad."

UH

Liam turned around suddenly and pulled Anna towards him. His eyes were blazing and he said three words. "Torturing my ears!"

U 99

Anna was embarrassed. She knew she wasn't a good singer, but she did not expect it to be that terrible. She spent so many hours singing to him last night.

"Don't tell me that you were unable to sleep last night because of my song?"

"What do you think?"

"Ohm..." Anna felt ashamed.

Liam tightened his hands around Anna. Using her fragrant hair as a pillow, he gradually closed his eyes.

He had been staring at her sleeping face for the past few hours, wondering why he was only able to sleep so well beside her?

Or more precisely, he only slept well when they didn't quarrel. His emotions were easily swayed by her words and actions. If she agitated him, his quality of sleep became worse than before.

He did not have a rational explanation for this, nor was he able to explain it by referring to other sources. Only by holding her like this could he feel peaceful again.

Anna was almost suffocated by his tight hug. She struggled slightly and asked quietly.

"Can you fall asleep like this?"

"I'm trying."

"Oh okay."

Anna waited patiently for him to fall asleep, but there were still no signs that he was sleeping soundly. Instead, he got agitated and asked her angrily.

"Anna Hamilton, are you out of your mind?"

"Me? What did... I do?" She had been very obedient.

She did not even move a single finger even though she was held in this uncomfortable hug.

"Are you made from ice?"

"Your brain is made from wood!"

"Your heart is made from stone."

"Even your blood is made from toxic mercury!" Liam hissed and turned Anna over to face him. He held her face tight and pulled her closer. Anna was confused. She blinked her doe-like eyes and asked quietly.

"What's... wrong with you?"