Chapter 67

Grace breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s great. You’ve finally

woken up.”

Woken up? When had he fallen asleep?

One moment he’d been in Grace’s arms. Soaking up her strength and scent. The next, he must’ve drifted off to sleep and the memories seized him.

Wait, no. That wasn’t entirely right.

They’d chatted more after dinner. Then each taken time to wash up and change for bed.

He’d lay down on the cot and counted her breaths until she fell asleep.

Jason rubbed his eyes, the events of the evening coming back to him in short order.

He’d not had a nightmare like this in a long time.

In his dream, he had knelt down in front of the woman and begged her… Was it because he had talked about that woman tonight that he had had such a dream?

Jason raked a hand through his hair. He exhaled a long breath and lowered his head only to find that the button of his pajamas

his chest. “My clothes are…”

she pursed her lips as if she was embarrassed. “Because… you were shouting that it hurts so much. I was afraid that something was wrong with your body… So, uh,

her face slowly grew

assure you, I… I didn’t even have the time to look before you woke up, so actually, I didn’t see anything,” she hurriedly explained, but

the brighter her cheeks glowed.

You can look at my body,” Jason

and it was quite adorable, actually.

h-hurt anymore?” It took her a long time to

this

anymore.” He lowered his head

gaze above his neck, but she accidentally caught a glimpse of his chest, and then suddenly pulled down his pajama

“Hey-you are hurt!’

chest. There was a scar right above his heart. Although the scar was already faint, Grace could still tell that the wound had

just a small injury,” he said in an indifferent manner.

to touch. the scar gently. While he had been sleeping, he

hurt back then? Grace felt as

like this?

had been injured, and other than the doctors, no one else had touched his wounds. She was the only one… It was as if all the blood in his body was pumping into the area near his heart. Beneath her touch, his

been a long time. It’s no

did she suddenly notice their current positions seemed to be a

up and button up or you’ll catch a

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