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

unbuttoned, revealing his

I was afraid that something was wrong with your body… So, uh, I just went

at her, and her face slowly grew redder.

to look before you woke up, so actually, I didn’t see anything,” she hurriedly explained, but the more she explained, the odder she

the brighter her

even if you see. You can

was blushing so hard, and it

anymore?” It

out this

doesn’t hurt anymore.” He lowered his head and began to

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

“Hey-you are hurt!’

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 had received it. “What’s wrong with

injury,” he said

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

then? Grace felt as if her own

did you get hurt like this? When did

else had touched his wounds. She was the only one… It was as if all the blood

been a long time. It’s no

then did she suddenly notice their current positions seemed to be a

up and button up or

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