Conquering His Cold Heart

310 Relieving Stress

“How was your day?” Anastasia welcomed Caspian with a warm smile on her face.

The moment Caspian laid his eyes on his wife, he forgot almost everything that was worrying him. He closed the door to Anastasia’s bedchamber behind him and then entered the room while smiling back at his wife.

He looked into his wife’s green eyes and without uttering a word, he tightly embraced his wife’s warm body.

Anastasia’s smile broadened when her husband rested his chin on her shoulder and gently pressed his cheek against hers.

Anastasia could hear the soft sigh that her husband let out very close to her ear. “You had a long day, huh?” she whispered to him and began patting her husband’s back in a comforting manner.

Caspian pressed his lips on his wife’s cheeks and replied, “You can say that.” He gently pulled away from the hug while still resting his arms on Anastasia’s waist. And he asked her, “How was YOUR day? How did you keep yourself busy while I was not here?”

Anastasia gently turned her head towards the bed and pointed her brows to show a book that she had placed face down. “I was enjoying that new that I came across in the library.”

“Meaning you had a wonderful day.” Caspian smiled again and gave a soft peck on his wife’s lips.

Anastasia happily wriggled her body as if she was dancing and sprinted back towards her bed. She grabbed her book and put it on the table beside the bed. Then she patted the bed while looking at her husband.

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“You want to lie down? Let me give you a back massage. It will help you relieve your stress.”

Caspian was interested in the idea of receiving a back massage from his wife. However, he didn’t want to make his wife perform any kind of activity that demanded physical exertion. Thus, he denied it right away.

“My stress already disappeared the moment I saw your lovely face. Just sleep beside me and I will be fine.”

“Oh, please.” Anastasia gave a puppy-eyed look to Caspian and continued tapping on the bed. “I will be fine, trust me. Hop on the bed.”

Caspian smiled and shook his head. Knowing his wife, he knew that she wouldn’t give up until he agreed to her request. So, he said while unbuttoning his shirt, “Okay, okay. But you have to stop the moment I say so.”

“Agreed.” Anastasia walked back to the spot where her husband was standing and helped him to unbutton the remaining buttons. She took his shirt and put it aside on the chair of her dressing table.

Caspian couldn’t stop himself from lying down on the soft bed on his stomach. “Aah! This feels so great!” he mumbled in a muffled voice. He felt as though he was sinking into the warm embrace of his wife when he inhaled her lavender smell that was still lingering around on the bed.

Anastasia shortly climbed onto the bed after Caspian. Naturally, she sat down on his thighs while straddling him and stretched her arms before starting.

“Mmm!” Caspian jerked when he felt his wife’s soft fingertips touching his lower back ever so lightly.

Anastasia raised her brows in amusement and asked enthusiastically, “Did I just discover your weak spot? Are you feeling ticklish?”

“No!” Caspian quickly denied the speculation made by his wife because he didn’t want her to use that new discovery and tickle him in the future as well. “I was simply startled by your touch, that’s all.”

However, Anastasia already had a wide, naughty smile dancing on her lips. “Oh, okay,” she mumbled. And to test her theory, she lightly touched Caspian on the same spot.

Caspian jolted again, followed by his laugh that he failed to contain.

“Did I startle you again?” Anastasia leaned down and whispered into Caspian’s ear in a teasing voice.

And Caspian finally accepted that he was indeed ticklish. “Ah! Okay, you got me.” He looked over his shoulder to look at his wife’s face and whispered back, “So, I think you should get off my back now. I don’t think back massage is my thing.”

However, instead of getting off, Anastasia straightened her back and this time, she pressed her palms on his back while exerting some force.

“How do you feel now? Still ticklish?” she asked after repeating the same movement of her palms for a few times.

Caspian rested his cheek flat on the bed and smiled ear to ear. “No, I’m not ticklish anymore,” he answered in a rather relaxed tone. His wife’s hands felt as though some small creatures were dancing on his back.

And it felt greatly relaxing, unlike the very painful massage he received once every blue moon from his servants. Anastasia’s hands were so gentle as compared to the harsh hands of his vampire servants that Caspian almost fell asleep. His eyelids were trying their best to shut close even when he didn’t want to fall asleep when his wife was working hard for his comfort.

Soon though, he woke up from his half-asleep state when he caught Anastasia breathing heavily. “Anna, I think you should stop now. You must be tired,” he asked while looking over his shoulder.

“A little, yes.” Anastasia smiled at her husband and rested her palms on his back. She didn’t want to fake it and say that she wasn’t tired since she knew her limit.

“Should I return you the favor then?” Caspian asked as he waited for his wife to sleep beside him.

However, Anastasia declined the offer. And rather than sleeping on the bed, she lay down on her husband’s bare back, covering his cold body with her warm and soft body. She rested her head on Caspian’s shoulder and then whispered to her husband in a loving voice, “I missed you.”

“I missed you too,” Caspian whispered back to Anastasia. Since his wife had made herself comfortable on top of him, he decided to let her sleep like that and rested his head back on the pillow.

The two of them remained in that silence for a while. The only sound that could be heard in the room was the sound of Anastasia’s heartbeat, accompanied by the extremely soft sound made by Caspian’s heart.

After a very stressful day, the peace and warmth felt like heaven to Caspian. Even the issue related to Everard felt very small to him at the moment.

After getting enough of the quiet moment, Caspian slowly turned to rest on his back so that his wife could lay on top of him and he could see her face. Anastasia also adjusted herself accordingly once she knew what her husband wanted.

And when she rested her head on his chest, Caspian put his arms around her and softly said, “I got a letter from Xanmar today.”

He decided to bring up the topic because, although Anastasia wasn’t showing it, he knew that his wife was also stressing out because of the very subject. And for now, he decided to tell her the exact things that were written in the letter so that she wouldn’t think too much about the possibility of a war breaking out.

“Really?” Anastasia immediately lifted her head to look at Caspian’s face and asked, “What did the letter say?” Her heart began to race faster because of fear. She feared that Everard might have said something that could ignite a great dispute between the Kingdoms.

Caspian lifted his hand to tuck his wife’s hair behind her ears and then replied in a consoling voice, “Don’t worry. It was an apology letter.”