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.

full day and night, and Ben had cared for her

constitution, he could manage

of me. I was just worried you'd catch

in the air, leaving

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

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

"It's fine. It's all in the past. I

hurt had faded over time, though a

Charlie?" she asked,

over your fever. Wait until morning

"You're right. He's probably asleep by now. I'll go see him around noon and bring him

she spoke, Ben reached out, but his movement startled Jamie. She instinctively flinched, pulling

you doing?" she asked, her

paused, a flicker of bitterness crossing his face. "I just wanted to check if your fever's really

reaction stung, making him wonder if she was really

to do anything," Ben

realized she might

was

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