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

revealing his

his gaze and 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, I just went ahead and unbuttoned your shirt to see

at her, and her face slowly grew redder.

up, so actually, I didn’t see anything,” she hurriedly explained, but the more she

brighter her cheeks

even if you see. You

was blushing so hard, and it was quite adorable, actually.

It

this sentence.

anymore.” He lowered his head and

to keep her gaze above his neck, but she accidentally caught

“Hey-you are hurt!’

heart. Although the scar was already faint, Grace could still tell that the wound had definitely not been a minor injury back when he had received it. “What’s wrong with you here…”

injury,” he said in an indifferent manner.

with her teeth and raised her hand to touch. the scar gently. While he had been sleeping, he had been crying out in pain,

felt as

this? When did it happen?” she murmured.

other than the doctors, no one else had touched his wounds. She was the only

a long time. It’s

then did she suddenly notice their current positions seemed to

up and button up

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