The sound of alarm ringing pulled Grace out of the depths of the intense dream and back into the real world. Her eyes flew open and she sat up abruptly, breathing heavily while her gaze wandered around her surroundings.
It took her a few moments to calm down her racing heart and sharp breathing, the realization of what happened finally dawning over her.
"What the hell, Grace?" She muttered under her breath as she buried her face in her palms and inhaled deeply. She could hardly believe that she just had a dream like that.
What’s wrong with me? How can I dream of... him? She wondered while her thoughts momentarily returned to last moment of her dream. He was so close... his lips...
A loud groan of frustration escaped her lips as she threw the blanket away and climbed out of the bed. She was feeling devastated after having such a dream. And yet, she couldn’t help but feel that this deam felt way too real.
She was still able to feel the firm hold of his arms on her waist, the smoothness of his skin under her palm, and the sparkle in his eyes as he flirted with her. All of this felt way too real to just be a dream.
But despite this firm feeling, she also knew for sure that what just happened wasn’t real. She remembered clearly that she went to sleep after showering, and then the drama happened.
If she had to give a conclusion, then she had a weird one - If what happened wasn’t a dream, then it wasn’t real either. Unfortunately, she had no explanation of this weird situation.
It was only five in the morning and the world outside was still pretty much dark. The rain was ongoing as usual and the sound of strong wind could also be heard when listened closely.
Grace did some stretching for a while before she entered her space. She took a shower and got dressed before making herself a cup of strong coffee. After that dumb dream-like experience, she needed something as strong as black coffee to get herself ready for the day.
She settled down on the bench placed in the front garden of the villa and enjoyed her coffee with the beautiful weather. Once she finished the coffee, she busied herself in work. She cleaned the ground floor of the villa, put her clothes in the washing machine, and then headed to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
She prepared more lunch boxes, worked in the fields, took care of the livestock, harvested fruits and vegetables, played with the pets, and then slept to recharge herself.
When she woke up, she repeated the same process for the entire day. It was on the third day that she finished preparing a couple of dishes in breakfast and heated up some of the lunch boxes from before. Once she was done, she finally stepped out of the space and into her apartment.
While two full days had passed in the Infinite Realm, only two hours had passed in the outside world. Since it was already past seven in the morning, she dropped message in the group chat for everyone to join her for breakfast.
Her dining table wasn’t big enough for everyone to eat there, hence, the team had their breakfast in two other units while Grace and Davian ate breakfast in her apartment.
Half an hour later, there was a huge pile of dishes filling up both the sinks in her kitchen. Thankfully, she had bought dishwashers previously and she didn’t had to wash all these dishes on her own.
Since she had closed all the drains inside her apartment, she shifted all the dirty dishes in the kitchen of the villa and then put them inside the dishwashers to get them cleaned.
It was the sound of someone knocking on her door that made her step out of the space and return to her apartment. As she opened the door, she found Davian standing there.
"What is it?" She asked. It hadn’t been even half an hour since he left but he was already back.
"After thinking about it, I realized that you will be cooking for all of us from now on until the gas supply will be enabled again. Though we prepared lunch boxes before, they aren’t enough to last for long considering there are too many of us. I want to help you." He confessed sincerely.
"How?" Grace asked while staring at him with a questioning look.
Davian was silent for a while before he suggested, "How about the same way you are doing it?"
"I’m not sure if that’s possible. And even if it, I don’t think I’m ready to share that secret with you yet. You don’t have to worry, I can manage the food." She replied sincerely, not missing the way a brief second of sadness washed across his eyes before he nodded his head in understanding.
"Alright then. I will not disturb you. Let me know if there’s anything I can help with." He said before he turned around and walked away.
For some reason, Grace felt slightly bad for hurting him, knowing that he only meant good. There was a lot where she would needed his help, but for that to happen, they needed to wait for the rain to stop first.
In the previous timeline, the rain stopped after an entire month. There was nothing for next few days and people started celebrating for surviving the disaster, but then five days later, the Shadow Rain happened and took away the remaining hope of the survival of humanity.
It had been twenty-two days since the rain started in this timeline, and as per her memory, they needed to wait for eight more days for the rain to finally start slowing down.
There was a lot she needed to take care during those few days of peace the world would gain before the happening of Shadow Rain.
Little did she knew that a huge disaster was just hours away...!