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

to the wound trailing

remnants of previous ointment, the injury

it first?”

that, you’re inviting infection

to argue, but her brisk

from the

save for

bed, her hands working efficiently as she

touch was light, almost detached, yet it left a faint warmth in

his gaze away, focusing instead on her

she once bore were barely

prompting him to comment, “The scars are hardly

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