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.

for a full day and night, and Ben had cared for her tirelessly

strong constitution,

and awkwardly blurted out, "Let go of me. I was

the air, leaving both

of hurtful things. He might not have meant them, but Jamie had taken them to heart. Perhaps, without even

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

shifted slightly, her lips twitching. "It's fine. It's all in the past.

faded over time, though a

asked, changing the

just gotten over your fever. Wait until

now. I'll go see him around noon and bring him some

reached out, but his

doing?" she asked,

face. "I just wanted

him wonder if she was really so repelled by

so defensive. I wasn't going to do anything," Ben said with a sigh,

realized she might

think she was entirely wrong.

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