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,

shower, then I’ll come out and rub some

clutching the towel, nodded

were dirty, and he was almost completely soaked. He grabbed pajamas from the side and went into the bathroom to clean

fetch the liniment and then came up with it.

shoulder, he said,

sting a

hair was still dripping

her head to the side, making it easier for him

the liniment hit her skin. It wasn’t until he started massaging that she started to feel the

to

her pores. Maja grimaced

her shoulder, but his gaze

because she was finding it hard to bear all that pain. They fluttered occasionally, and her breathing became heavier as she was trying her best

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

her like that, appearing so vulnerable, stirred up

he said, “Take off your towel You have bruises

clung onto a piece

swiftly pulled it off pressing her into his embrace, making her lie

tried

*Stay still

he poured liniment onto the bruises on her back and began massaging

pain, she stopped protesting and just accepted what he was

her back, he moved on

brushed against the side of her chest causing her

was done she was so drained and tred that the just

her away and got up to go to

opened her weary eyes to

at attentiun

crossing a line as his

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