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 chest.

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

her, and her face slowly grew

look before you woke up, so actually,

her cheeks

doesn’t matter even if you see. You

hard, and it was quite

does it h-hurt anymore?” It took her a long

this

lowered his head and began to button up his

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

“Hey-you are hurt!’

his heart. Although the scar was already faint, Grace could still tell that

a small injury,” he

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

was he hurt back then? Grace felt as if

did you get hurt like this?

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.

long time. It’s no longer painful,”

did she suddenly notice their current positions seemed to be

button

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