Chapter 33 Be Gentle

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Lenora gestured toward the bathroom inside the room. "I'm done. You can go freshen up now."

Zachary picked up his pajamas and walked into the bathroom.

The scent of shower gel wafted throughout the bathroom, where wet and dry areas were distinctly separated.

That was the scent that lingered on Lenora's body.

They trailed up Zachary's nose, ascending along various nerves all the way to his brain.

Zachary's body grew increasingly hot, becoming unbearable. With his eyes closed, his mind. was filled with past images of his intimate moments with Lenora.

Lenora was sitting on the bed, casually scrolling through her phone. Just as she was about to sleep, she suddenly realized that Zachary had been in the bathroom for quite some time, yet she hadn't heard the sound of water. Lenora was doubtful. She lifted the quilt, got out of bed, and walked to the bathroom door. From within, she faintly heard heavy panting,

A few seconds later, Lenora suddenly realized what Zachary was doing inside. Her face flushed crimson in an instant, and she hurriedly ran back to the bed.

After a short while, the sound of trickling water echoed within the bathroom, but it didn't last long before it ceased. Zachary then emerged from the bathroom. Lenora felt the mattress beside her sink down.

Soon, Lenora drifted off into dreamland.

In the middle of the night, she was half-asleep, half-awake, as if she could hear heavy panting close to her ear.

Lenora woke up, realizing that the panting sound was not from his dream, but from the person beside him, Zachary.

Bathed in moonlight, Lenora glanced at him. "Zack, are you asleep?"

"No." Zachary's voice was hoarse.

"Why is your face so red?"

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As she spoke, Lenora extended a hand, lightly testing Zachary's forehead.

It was scorching hot.

"Zack, you have a fever?" Lenora immediately sat up from the bed.

Her hands were cool, like a refreshing rain after a long drought.

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Overwhelmed by his emotions, Zachary instinctively grasped her hand, pressing it against his face. He opened his eyes, gazing intensely at her in the darkness, a deep glimmer flickering in the depths of his eyes. "It's not a fever. There was something wrong with the soup I had last night."

That should have been a replenishing soup.

Moreover, it was a highly nutritious soup.

Lenora was not an inexperienced young girl. Realizing something, she asked, "So... what do we do now?"

abruptly pinning Lenora beneath

into a knot, with fine beads of sweat already forming on his

exhaled breath was unbearably

neck, her fingers lightly brushing over the neat stubble on the back of his neck. In a soft voice, she said, "Be

endurance. He took a deep breath and buried his head in the

rolled out of bed and strode toward

"Zack?"

sleep. I'm going to take

bathroom, and soon, the sound of

the bed,

to be his remedy, yet it was uncertain whether her intentions would

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it meant taking cold showers, all to uphold his loyalty

merely wishful

the blanket over herself, turned onto her side, curled up slightly,

sound of water in the bathroom echoed like icy raindrops falling

she couldn't help but worry about him. Taking a cold shower late at

Lenora cast aside such thoughts from her

to disregard his own health to eat spicy food for Susanna, he did so

his own health, so why

moment later, the pitter-patter

bathroom door

of footsteps

there came a rustling sound, and Lenora felt the bed beside

and Lenora pulled the blanket tighter around her. "Feeling any

Zachary responded softly, "Go

Lenora didn't speak again.

fell silent, leaving only the sound

in bed, her earlier drowsiness completely dispelled, her mind

lain down for too long, her body had become somewhat stiff, so she turned

an indeterminable amount of time had passed, Zachary

Lenora remained silent.

and got out of bed,

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wrapped in a bath towel, the figure on the bed had shifted

down by the bed, asking in a

shook

""Can't sleep?"

"Yes."

tell you a story in

"Mm, thank you."

proficient in four languages-Clusian, Uprian, Japriumian, and

past, whenever she couldn't sleep, he would tell

didn't understand Granatanolan, but the soothing cadence of

voice

her mind of distractions, listening

heard nearby. Zachary's voice gradually fell silent as he

She had fallen asleep.

her tuck in the blanket's corners, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep

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