Chapter 204 Removing the shirt, he applied the ointment himself, his expression revealing barely restrained frustration.

Out of the corner of her eye, Elizabeth noticed his exposed shoulders and the lean definition of his waist and arms.

She quickly looked away, silently reprimanding herself.

There were countless attractive men in the world, she reminded herself.

Letting herself be swayed by her soon-to-be ex-husband would be pathetic.

Whether it was the relentless rain or Elijah’s presence, an undercurrent of annoyance gnawed at her.

She had left Bayview Villa intending to untangle herself from complex ties, yet here she was, seemingly caught in another emotional snare.

“I can’t reach my back,” Elijah stated abruptly, jolting Elizabeth from her thoughts.

dared her

the wound trailing from his

remnants of previous ointment,

clean it

mud embedded like that, you’re inviting infection

opened his mouth, probably to argue, but her

from the dispenser,

room grew quiet, save for the

she dabbed at his

light, almost detached, yet it left a faint

gaze away, focusing instead on her

scars she

through him, prompting him to comment, “The scars are hardly

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