Chapter 1562

"Jamie, you need to get better. You still haven't given me an answer."

Sitting by her bedside, Ben held Jamie's hand, its warmth unnaturally high. He pressed her hand to his cheek, gently rubbing against it.

Jamie woke up in the middle of the night.

This time, the throbbing in her head had lessened, though she was still groggy as she scanned her surroundings.

Her eyes landed on Ben, slumped in a chair by her bed.

He hadn't changed his clothes or even covered himself with a blanket. The man who was always so meticulous about his appearance now sat there in a rumpled, wrinkled shirt.

Jamie stared at him for a moment, her mind blank. Before she realized it, her hand had moved, brushing against his chiseled face.

The light flutter of his lashes snapped her back to awareness. She quickly tried to pull her hand away, but it was too late. He had already caught her.

"Touching me first thing after waking up? Looks like you're feeling better and might've even had a change of heart," Ben said, his voice raspy and thick with exhaustion.

sick for a full day and night, and Ben had cared for her tirelessly the entire time,

constitution, he

I was just worried you'd catch a cold sleeping here and

air, leaving both of them in

things. He might not have meant them, but Jamie had taken them

"I was wrong before. I didn't trust you, and that's on

slightly, her lips twitching. "It's fine. It's all in the past. I don't

hurt had faded over time, though a small

she asked,

fine. You've just gotten over your fever. Wait until morning to

probably asleep by now. I'll go

out, but his movement startled Jamie. She instinctively flinched,

she asked, her

of bitterness crossing his face. "I just wanted to

stung, making him wonder if

do anything," Ben said with a sigh, his tone tinged with

she might

but didn't think she was

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