Chapter 540

Every time she tried to close her eyes, Everett would deliberately ease up his grip, then jolt her back to alertness, insisting she keep her eyes open to watch him.

Several times, Dorothy bit him hard in frustration, but he seemed impervious to pain and even chuckled in response!

With a mock glare, Dorothy huffed and got up to run a bath.

Everett was a bit of a neat freak, so she took extra care to clean the bathtub thoroughly, wiping everything down before finally turning on the taps.

Before she could finish, she suddenly felt arms envelop her from behind!

She paused for a second, then with a sigh, turned around.

“What now?”

“Help me with my shirt, will you?”

Dorothy pushed him gently. “Your hands aren’t broken.”

“But I want you to do it. With that, he stretched out his arms, and his loosely worn shirt gaped open, revealing a glimpse of his sculpted abs.

Everett’s lips curved into a sly smile, his Adam’s apple sharp and bobbing with his breath, almost as if tempting her to leave her unique mark with a bite.

this, her heart

fooling around? I’m

“No way.”

where a tiny mole resided, and spoke in a husky

didn’t buy it for a second!

was full of lies, with “just one last time” being the phrase she heard most

water’s ready, you can sit

still need company? Clearly,

I faint from

“Doubtful, but okay.”

and placed it on the buttons of his shirt. “Unbutton

eyes but helped him with the remaining buttons and took

still visible, streaked with blood and the faint yellow of iodine, front and back, due

injury.

her hand reached out to touch. “It must hurt… Did it hurt a lot that

really, just felt a

to me!*

lifted her chin, forcing her to meet his eyes.

and tears threatened

a shallow well, always on the verge

Even a paper cut hurts me, and you had an entire dagger

the pad of his thumb. Everett gently wiped away her falling tears, and when they kept coming, he

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