Chapter 997

lan softened his touch, massaging her scalp with the tips of his fingers.

Maja was worried about getting soap in her eyes, so she kept them squeezed shut

lan had already considered that, so he gently pulled her head back against him.

Her face was slightly tilted upwards, so no soap would get into her eyes

Feeling reassured. Maja finally opened her eyes.

But lan was standing, and she was sitting. She was bare, and in that position, when she looked up, they were eye to eye

The atmosphere was somewhat charged

Normally, one would avert their gaze, but neither did They just continued to gaze at each other

Finally, lan looked away first, needing to grab the shower head to rinse off the soap.

Only when she felt the warm water trickling over her head did Maja blush, realizing the intimacy of their situation

lan washed her hair, lathered up a washcloth with shower gel, and meticulously cleaned her entire body as she smelled nothing like her normal

self

After rolling around by the river, she smelled like fresh grass.

And after that wash, she smelled like floral shower gel.

A full half hour later, lan grabbed a towel from the side, wrapped her up, picked her up, and placed her on the couch in the living room and said,

go take a shower, then I’ll come out and rub some liniment

the towel,

pants were dirty, and he was almost completely soaked. He grabbed pajamas from the side and went

downstairs to fetch the liniment and then came up with it. After pushing her

he

might sting a bit

awestruck as soon as he stepped out of the bathroom. His hair was still dripping wet, the collar of his pajamas open wide, radiating an irresistible

making it easier for him to apply the liniment to the bruise.

she didn’t feel any pain when the liniment hit her skin. It wasn’t until he started

for it to

stinging sensation spread from her pores. Maja

but his gaze fell

were lowered, probably because she was finding it hard to bear all that pain. They fluttered occasionally, and her breathing became

behind her ear and the handprint on her cheek was almost gone, but some traces were still

her like that, appearing so vulnerable, stirred up feelings of protectiveness

casual as he said, “Take off your towel You have bruises on your back and

as she clung onto a piece of

pressing her into

furious and tried to

*Stay still

onto the bruises on her back and began massaging

due to the sharp pain,

moved on

was rather sensitive there, and whenever his fingers touched that area. brushed against the side of her chest causing her

she was so drained and tred that the

got

her weary eyes to see a

alavding at

a line as his fingers

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