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

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

her, and her face

before you woke up, so actually, I didn’t see anything,” she hurriedly explained, but

brighter her

even if you see. You can

and

it h-hurt anymore?” It took her

out this sentence.

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

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!’

scar was already faint, Grace could still tell that the wound had definitely

just a small injury,” he said in an

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

felt as if her own heart was

this? When did

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 heart was beating faster than

a long time. It’s no longer painful,”

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

up and button up or you’ll catch

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