Unexpectedly, his kiss made Eliana calm down. She sat on the bed quietly, staring blankly at him.

Maurice quickly grabbed a pair of scissors to cut her hair which had been sucked into the hair dryer.

However, Eliana held her hair with her hands, not allowing him to cut it. She looked at him pitifully and complained, "No way! It will make me ugly!"

Maurice was speechless. He gently pried her hands open and insisted on cutting the hair. "We have to cut it," he said as he cut off a strand of her hair.

Eliana protested, but Maurice soothed her with gentle words.

It took Maurice a long time to calm her down. Then he continued drying her hair while keeping her still.

Eliana gradually calmed down. When her hair grew dry, she fell asleep.

Now that she was finally silent, Maurice could look at her carefully.

They hadn't seen each other for a few days. She seemed to have lost much weight, and her face was a little tanned. There were dark circles under her eyes, which made her look very tired.

Maurice couldn't help frowning. Where on earth had she been these days? How did she end up like this?

He had thought she had left to find Jonathan, but it turned out that was not the case. So why was she in such a hurry to leave? Did she just want to escape from him?

So many questions were going through Maurice's mind right now, and anger was rising in his heart. He wanted to wake her up to ask.

However, when he got close to Eliana, she snuggled into his arms and rubbed her face against his chest in her sleep.

How could Maurice still be angry with this adorable woman? He swallowed his words.

He held her gently and kissed her forehead.

"Eliana… What should I do about you?"

Maurice eventually gave up. He let her sleep. He took off his outer clothes and lay on the bed. Then, he held her tightly in his arms. The two slept, cuddling in each other's arms.

In the middle of the night, Maurice faintly felt Eliana move in his arms. Then he clearly felt her try to get out of his arms.

He immediately woke up and grabbed her hand.

"Where are you going?"

Still very sleepy, Eliana didn't even open her eyes. She replied in her sleep, "I want to have some water…"