The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming

Chapter 396 It Hurts

Natalie reached out and poked one of the bruised spots on Marcus' body. He immediately sucked in a sharp breath.

"Does it hurt?" Natalie frowned, her concern growing. She had heard the crashing sounds outside the door, but she hadn't expected Lincoln to be this rough.

Marcus was about to say it didn't hurt, but upon seeing Natalie's furrowed brow, he quickly changed his answer. "Yeah, it hurts. It really hurts. I can't stand up, can't walk."

As he spoke, he lifted the corner of his bathrobe to show Natalie his leg. "It seems like my knee is broken."

Natalie's eyes fell on Marcus' leg, and her face flushed. She quickly looked away, embarrassed.

"You deserve it, getting me drunk on purpose, then messing with me," she muttered, though her body acted honestly as she bent down to help him.

"Lincoln was right. You could've taken me home after I got drunk, or at least let me share a room with Connie, or let me stay in the guest room I used to sleep in. But no, you had to carry me to your bedroom. Marcus, you did it on purpose."

"It wasn't on purpose," Marcus sighed. "After you got drunk, you insisted on

crawling into my arms and asked me to hold you. You even touched my face, said

I was the best-looking man you'd ever seen, and you said you wanted to build a golden birdcage to keep me in, so I could be your pet."

Hearing this, Natalie's face turned bright red. Did she really do and say all those things while drunk?

Marcus, taking advantage of her drunken state, mixed some truth with lies to tease her. "You even straddled me and said you were going to tame me. And you said I wasn't a pet bird but a big eagle."

Natalie quickly slapped her hand over Marcus' mouth. "Stop talking!"

Had she really said those things? Straddling him, taming him, the big eagle, the golden cage... Good heavens, was she really that wild when she was drunk? Marcus watched Natalie's face turn from pale to bright red. The speed at which her face flushed made him want to laugh, though he held it in.

"Nat," Marcus reached out and gently took her hand away from his mouth. "You don't know how strong you are when you're drunk. You're right. I could've taken you home or handed you over to Ms. Sterling, but you wouldn't let go of me.

couldn't just force you off and leave you behind. I didn't resist because I was worried I'd hurt you. But from now on, don't drink alcohol when you're

hair behind Natalie's ear. "Let's start over, okay? Let's get to know each other again and start fresh. How about

buzzing, and she covered her face with both hands. She couldn't even

"It really hurts."

to help him out of the bathroom. "You sit here for a moment. I'll ask Connie for the first

but Marcus

had Sheldon prepare clothes and toiletries for

endure

in a whirl, and she had never been this flustered before. She had been calm earlier, but after hearing Marcus' teasing words and

ruffled

you," Natalie

the vanity there was

a fresh outfit. The

was written

flowing handwriting, "The underwear

Ms. Sterling, dry-cleaned and sanitized, ready

wave of heat rise again, even though she had just managed to calm

Marcus

in the mirror, her cheeks burning so much it felt like they could bleed. She bent down and splashed cold water on her face several times. Once the warmth had subsided, she

took a quick shower and changed into the clothes Marcus had prepared

she emerged, Marcus was already applying medicine to the bruises on his

you," Natalie said, recovering her composure. She walked over and silently began applying the medicine to his

"It hurts."

with some force. "It's good that

Marcus stopped complaining.

it took to finish applying the medicine, neither of them

and aside from Marcus' face, the rest of his body

Natalie had finished applying all