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…”

hurts so much. I was afraid that something was wrong with your body… So, uh, I just went ahead and unbuttoned your shirt to see if

at her, and her face slowly grew redder.

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

you see. You can look at my body,”

hard, and it

does it h-hurt anymore?” It

out this sentence.

hurt anymore.” He lowered his head and began to

caught a glimpse of his chest, and then

“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 definitely not been a minor injury back when he

small injury,” he said in an indifferent

gently. While he had been sleeping, he had been

back then? Grace felt as if her own heart was being

hurt like this? When did it happen?” she

body stiffened slightly. It had been many years since he 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

a long time. It’s no longer painful,” he said.

relieved, and only then did she suddenly notice their current positions seemed

that’s good. Hurry up and button up or you’ll

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