Ronan continued to comfort me. A strange sense of warmth exuded from his embrace.

Formerly, I thought of Ronan no more than a flirtatious playboy who was only trying to get me in bed. However, I had come to the realization that he truly did care for me.

Ronan did not stop me as I squeezed him tighter. Only when I was exhausted from all the crying did I let him go. As I pulled away, I noticed a huge stain of my sweat and tears on his shirt near his collar.

“Sorry for making your shirt dirty…”

Embarrassed to see the mess I have created, I mumbled sheepishly while avoiding eye contact. Overwhelmed by my emotions, I only cared about letting it out before I drowned in my own tears, forgetting that I had no relation with the man in front of me.

“It’s okay, as long as you have stopped crying. You almost scared me to death just now. I thought I had said something wrong that drove you to tears.”

Ronan shrugged and peered nonchalantly at his dampened shirt before turning to face me, concerned.

“It’s not your fault. I just thought of something upsetting.”

Utterly grateful that he had allowed me to cry on his shoulder, my perspective towards Ronan started to shift.

“Do you want to talk about it? After that crying session we just had, we should at least be friends now, right?”

A bright smile bloomed on his face as he looked at me carefully.

His big eyes made him look like an oversized toddler. However, I was surprisingly at ease by just staring into his sparkling eyes.

After a few minutes of hesitation, my lips parted as words started to spill out. I told Ronan everything that was happening between my family and me. It was not that I wanted his sympathy. I just needed to vent.

“Your parents had gone overboard this time. When we first met, you were kicked out of the hospital ward. Was it because of this?”

After my rant, Ronan’s eyes were filled with newfound pity. I pursed my lips subtly. Truth to be told, I did not like being pitied.

I nodded in silence.

with Steven was not even your fault. Why did they push the responsibility onto

stared at me sympathetically. Even so, his facial

always been like this since I was a little

shrugged, feigning a look of nonchalance as

used to it, you wouldn’t have cried so hard just now. Also, given how sick you are, your parents still choose not to take care of

hands in his while looking at me. Heartache was written

his touch. Instead, I let him continue holding my

and time again, he would ask the nurses to take my temperature. His meticulous care for

seemed to treat Ronan with extra

that was the only reasoning that I

care of me for hours. I was starting to feel sorry for taking up so much of

with a box of

hungry. I brought

me before

After she left this noon, she had not visited me again, albeit Steven’s ward was on the same

to showcase my tense relationship with Mom in front

noticed there were only two types of greens with plain

the food, I swallowed my disappointment while reminding myself to be grateful that Mom was willing to bring

are barely any nutrients. Anna is a sick patient right now, so she needs nutrients for her to get better. This

shot a glare towards Mom. His voice was laced with displeasure and

this? A friend

Ronan

hmm. He’s my

had shown me that afternoon, I realized that he had a kind heart despite his

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