At the sight of his muscular torso, she held her breath and blushed involuntarily while her heart raced.

Even though she had already seen his body last night, there was still a thin shirt covering it, so it was not as visible as it was now.

As her gaze fell on his muscular, well-defined abs, she could not help but run her fingers over them.

After that, she came to the realization of what she had just done and smacked her own face exasperatedly. It took her a short while before she calmed herself down and wrung a towel to wipe him down.

That took about half an hour.

“Pfft....” Natalie stood up and let out a long breath. With the towel in one hand, she used her other hand to pound her rather sore back. After wiping down Shane, she was so exhausted that she felt like she had just returned from the warzone with beads of sweat all over her body.

Natalie gazed down at the man and smiled helplessly. Then, she covered him with the blanket again and prepared to pour out the water in the bathroom.

However, he suddenly tugged onto the edge of her blouse the moment she got up.

backward haphazardly. With a scream of surprise, she landed

She was worried that he would sustain internal injuries because of her fall, while he had not even recovered from his

suddenly opened up his eyes. Then, he glanced at her for barely two seconds before looping his arm around her waist. With one fell swoop, she was in his embrace, and his eyes were shut

Shane? Mr. Shane?” She nudged him

no reaction. It was as if she had imagined the whole scene of him waking

since his

felt

end up like this by just helping him wipe down his

he was when he slept. With that, her panic dissipated and

from his chest and placed them on his face. Then, she ran her fingers gently across his brows with a bittersweet

man she loved, and he was her

knew very well that she should keep a distance from this man and forget about him. However, she could not stop the urge to get closer to him. She had no idea how things

smiled bitterly, feeling lost

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