After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1021

Olga then left Sahara alone with Helios (though not without a teasing smile). Sahara wanted to just watch him, but suddenly felt awkward when they were really alone.

She ended up leaving to check on her servants, though she did end up back next to him, sitting by his bed patiently and without moving.

She just watched the man breathe with a complicated expression on her face, and heavy and mixed emotions in her heart. She couldn’t help but remember their meeting.

He rescued her from evil men, though she forced him to do something unbecoming for both of them. At first, she convinced herself it was all the love potion’s fault. She couldn’t control her body.

However, as more time passed, things became clearer and clearer to her and she didn’t know how to feel about it.

Although she had taken a love potion back then, her level was not too low and desert people tended to have a higher tolerance to poison. In fact, she vaguely felt that she had snapped out of it before they completed the deed.

Combined with her superior level, if she truly didn’t want to be touched by him, he would not be able to, not to mention she technically forced herself on him before her head cleared completely.

Although it had been painful, if she wanted to she could’ve pushed him away and ran to her maid and guards, asking them to buy her some medicine.

However… she could not bring herself to do so. The attention and care given to her, the sensual heat he made her feel, made her reasoning—something she had been proud of—escape her.

Instead of feeling terror and disgust, his warmth was something she liked and even longed for after it was gone.

She couldn’t handle the shame of what she had done so she ran away, but there was no day that passed that her mind wouldn’t go to that night. She felt humiliated and she hated herself for it and, by extension, she disliked the man, too.

But he arrived in front of her, shielding her, as if shielding her from her own burdens and the shell around her heart cracked embarrassingly easy.

And… more importantly…

She held her stomach with a small bulge. She pursed her lips and then looked at the man.

Should she tell him? Why shouldn’t she?

Besides, Olga’s words echoed in her mind. This man… seemed to be the key to her problems?

She didn’t know how long she was in a daze. She only shook out of it when she saw him shift in his position.

She gasped, sitting beside him on the bed. "Are you awake?" she asked, looking closely at his handsome face.

His eyelashes fluttered open and his eyes gravitated to meet hers. For a while, time seemed to stop and all they could hear was their own heartbeats.

Unable to handle his heated stare, Sahara stood up and sat back on her chair, appearing her composed self again, except for the twinge of pink on her cheek.

Helios stared at her for a while longer, gulping.

"Hi…" he said, voice a bit raspy and it just made her blush even more. Seeing her unmoving though, Helios immediately gestured to sit up.