No Strings Attached

When was that, exactly?

Wasn't their first encounter in that alley?

When lan saw that she was finally asleep, he didn't disturb her tranquility. Instead, he tucked away his confusion deep within his heart.

The next morning, as Clara fluttered her eyelids open, the first sight that greeted her was lan's scruffy, bearded face, shadowed with dark circles under his eyes.

A pang of sympathy struck her, and she gently caressed the stubble. Her voice sounded raspy from sleep. "Honey, it's time for a shave."

lan looked down and kissed her forehead softly, asking in a whisper, "Would you stop loving me if I had a beard?"

Clara chuckled, "No, it's just... I'm not used to it."

"I'll shave in a bit. Does your wound still hurt?"

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stroked her hair tenderly and murmured, "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. As

arm had been pinned under Clara all night and had gone completely numb, refusing

ended up collapsing back onto the bed, inadvertently pinning Clara beneath him. Thankfully, his other arm braced their fall, sparing her wound from the impact. The position,

that moment, the hospital

at the threshold,

pregnant but also injured, and here you are, all hot

rose, shooting

that even doctors

gave a roguish grin. "I was just concerned about Clara's pain and wanted to check on her. Plus, Sasha tasked me with a mission first thing in the morning to

Clara's looking better. I even caught them making out just now, so her wound can't be that bad, right?" Clara's cheeks flushed as she looked at him. "Ian

here I thought lan was letting his animal instincts take over. If that were

chuckled from behind, "Since when did

a match to gunpowder. If she's not like a firecracker, then what is she? The girl even

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