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.

cold gaze dared her to

trailing from his shoulder down

with mud and remnants of previous ointment, the injury

it first?”

embedded like that, you’re inviting infection instead

argue, but

fetching water from the

for the sound of rain

bed, her hands working efficiently as she dabbed at his shoulder with gauze soaked

yet it left a faint warmth

instead on her

angle, the scars she once bore were barely

through him, prompting him

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