~•The more I try to run, the more I fall for you•~

'Is there any instrument to measure the depth of anyone's love?' Kara thought.

'Love. Love doesn't have a beginning. Or end. It is endless. Boundless. It teaches you to be what you never were. It prompts you to be a better person. By a mere touch of love, everything gets pure and sacred,' her subconsciousness muttered making her smile.

'If love comes with a price tag then I would never be able to afford you.' Kara gazed at Daniel in the moon light.

"You know, I missed you so much?" Daniel tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear and kissed her cheek all the way to her neckline.

"Daniel," Kara moaned and a sheer pleasure flowed through her body. She bit her lower lip hard to let the intensity set inside her.

Daniel smiled and sucked the place for a little longer time. "You are too loud sweetheart. Do you want Munchkin to hear you?"

"Haw! You are very bad." Kara smacked his chest and pushed him away.

Daniel laughed, holding her hand in the air. He rolled on his side and tugged her to his side as well.

"Leave me." Kara glared at him with her round vibrant eyes.

He placed his finger over her lips, quietening her, and then stared into her eyes. His eyes turned soft, hidden with many desires. "You are so beautiful." He traced her cheek with the back of his palm.

Kara averted her eyes. She could see desires in his eyes.

"D-Daniel, you must be tired, and it's quite late, we should sleep," Kara whispered and got back at her side of the bed, distancing herself from him. She always waited for him to be this close to her since long, but when the time came she retreated. Somewhere deep down she still wasn't ready to be intimate and that made her guilty. But she couldn't help. Only she knew how badly she wanted to be with him. She also wanted to be in a world where no one existed but them.

Daniel shut his eyes, and mentally cursed himself for losing his control around her. He knew she wasn't ready yet. She still hadn’t over of her past and felt insecure.

"I am sorry," he mumbled, rolling on his stomach and covering the distance between them. He hid his face in her hair and inhaled deeply. Her hair was one thing that he was obsessed with. So soft. So smooth. He could never get bored of running his fingers through it. He was addicted to it.

Kara sadly smiled and ruffled his hair, engulfing him in a warm hug.

"I love you," Daniel again mumbled into her hair when she didn't reply.

"I know." The momentarily sad smile on her face now curved into a sweet and teasing smile. She deliberately didn’t say the words that he wanted to hear.

"No. Say it." Daniel nuzzled his nose and then his tongue rolled over her skin. "I like to hear it again and again from you."

"Daniel . . ." Kara whispered. Closing her eyes, she twisted her finger in his hair, tugging it. Daniel groaned in approval but didn't stop the sugary torture. He very well knew how to get his things. He always had his way with her. Sweet, pleasurable and sensuous tortures till she couldn’t forget her own existence. He trailed some butterfly kisses over her shoulder all the way to her jaws. "I . . . I love you, Daniel. I love you, forever."

Daniel instantly pulled back and cheekily smiled at her. Kara feeling the loss of touch fluttered her eyelashes in the lightly dim room.

‘I am sorry. All these years you have been so loving and caring but I still couldn’t help myself,’ Kara turned on her side to face him.

“You are the best thing happened to me,” Daniel said as reading her mind, laying next to her and snaked her closer to him. He pecked the top of her head in affection."Good night, baby."

"Good night, Danny Bear." Kara rested her head over his chest and could hear the beats of his heart. It was so melodic and rhythmic that she couldn’t help but snuggle more into him.

Both were at peace while resting in each other's arm. Kara tilted her head, watching him sleep then kissed his chest just over his heart and closed her eyes.

~~~

Slowly, as the sun rose over the horizon, the sunlight peeped inside the bedroom from the gaps of the curtains and fell on Daniel's face.

Daniel and Kara were still in the bed, entangled in each other. Daniel was protectively holding Kara around her waist with his one hand while she held him compacted to her, half lying over him.

Daniel squeezed his eyes and then groaned in himself. He was surely tired for the day. Being 9 percent shareholder of K.D. Industries, the highest share after his father, he had finished two back to back corporate meeting, only to fly here early, but they weren’t easy like other days. Due to the recession period in construction sector, their market value is going down which worried the investors. It took a lot of convincing from his side to put their trust in him; that he was ready to take over the company as soon as his degree is completed.

Heaving a breath, Daniel blinked his eyes open and then again shut them again. Twisting a bit at his place, he circumferences his other hand round Kara’s shoulder, pulling her more to him, and nuzzled his face in the crook of her neck, brushing his light stubble over her soft skin, hiding himself from the cruel sunlight.

The struggling of Daniel in order to make him comfortable in sleep, woke up Kara. Momentarily, she felt hot and tied in her sleep. She could feel someone's warmth that was filling her heart and soul. She stirred a little and tried to pull herself apart from the thing that kept her bounded. Next, she felt something rough moving along her nape. She rubbed her eyes, yawning, when the events of the last night flashed in her mind like a running movie.

'He is here,' her subconscious screamed and that made her eyes flung open. And she was rewarded with the most lovable sight that she always wished to see, to wake up next to him. Her Daniel . . . her husband was sleeping beside her and his mouth was slightly open, automatically her lips curled up in a lazy smile.

Kara stared at Daniel, who was sleeping with his mouth slightly open. It always happened with him when he gets too much stressed and these past few months were really hectic for him. He was still training under his father, Rosh Steel.

‘My poor Danny Bear.’ Though, she too had an equal share as him in the company, but she had already decided to transfer it to him.

She touched his chin with her finger and slowly closed his mouth. Satisfied with her achievement, she beamed at herself. She kissed his forehead and untangled herself from his grip, she pulled a duvet at him. She picked up her phone from the side table beside her and then sliding the screen, she checked the time. It blinked displaying 8:30 A.M.

She got up and unbolted the door of the room, but didn't open it. She never locks the door of her room and now it became her habit from last one year. Then she walked up to her closet and after picking her clothes for the day she entered the bathroom. Brushing her teeth, she undressed and stood under the shower. Her body shivered when the cold water touched her bare skin. She breathed and shampooed her hair, enjoying the water drizzling over her skin.

‘It felt good.’

When Kara came back into the room Daniel was still curled up in the duvet, and had clutched a pillow over his face. She giggled.

'He is definitely not a morning person,' Kara mentally chuckled.

'Or maybe he is really tired,' her subconscious opposed as always defending him.

She dried her hair and let it fall over her shoulders. 'He likes it free.'

She walked to his side and sat beside him. It took all of her effort not to melt at the scene and not to give up the idea of waking him up.

"Daniel, get up. See, it’s morning," Kara said, sweetly, running her palm over his arm. But he didn’t budge. Not even a bit.

"Daniel." She shook him by his shoulder.

Daniel groaned and opened his sleepy eyes, leisurely.

"It's early, baby. Let me sleep. You join me too," Daniel mumbled, his voice was hoarse and thick. And then without any clue he pulled Kara on his chest and rolled over the bed so that she was now trapped under him.

Kara squeaked, her eyes went wide open in shock at his sudden move.

Daniel stared down at her surprised face. "What about my good morning kiss?" He asked, tracing her lower lips with his thumb while his lips curved up into a mischievous smirk.