Chapter 219

It was not until they were inside the lounge that Lucas finally put Serenity down on the sofa. He looked at her left hand, which she was covering with her right hand, and asked her, “Does it hurt?”

“Just a little,” she mumbled.

He could see from her pained expression that she was making it sound less serious than it actually was. The usual calmness and tranquility she had on her delicate face were now gone, replaced by a tight knit in the brows and sickly pallor. Even her voice sounded like it was taking her a lot of effort just to speak.

The sight of her suffering like that tightened his chest, but it was such a foreign feeling for him. So was how he had felt when he had seen her kneeling and kowtowing. When he saw that copper heater fall on her hand-it was such a raw pain that he thought he had gotten a thorough thrashing!

And then, he almost reflexively rushed to her side to help her up.

Lucas asked himself, why had he done that? He had already confirmed that Serenity was not the woman he was looking for when he went to the small town, so why was he still so inexplicably drawn to her?

his memories, so perhaps that was why even though his logical brain

had to use a firmer touch on her injured hand in order to determine

lips hard, and beads of sweat broke out on her forehead. She could only respond to the doctor’s questions with a nod or shake of

done, Serenity felt like she might collapse

take good care of this hand and try not to use it to carry any heavy objects. If you’re still worried, you may get it examined more

only treat some minor injuries and apply some bandages here. There would be

replied Serenity. “Thank

Office. With a job

recuperate.

the doctor left, Lucas told her, “It might look like you’re fine, but I think you’d better get it examined properly

for the bruises

matter what, it was Lucas who had helped her up and even gotten the doctor on

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