The Queen's Back

Chapter 78

After helping Maxwell back to his room, Mona had him sit on the sofa while she went to get the first-aid kit.

Watching Mona's busy figure, Maxwell felt a warm rush of affection.

When Mona turned back with the kit, her gaze unexpectedly met Maxwell's, and in that moment, it felt as if the person she had seen downstairs was someone entirely different. Mona sat next to Maxwell and took out a cotton swabs from the first-aid kit. After preparing the medicine, she said to him, "Could you move a little closer? I can't quite reach you. Maxwell obediently:

y scooted over, his expressive eyes gazing at her, making Mona feel shy. She quickly diverted her gaze to focus on the corner of his mouth.

His lip was already quite swollen and was still oozing blood.

Seeing this made Mona's heart ache.

She gently touched Maxwell's lip with the cotton swab and said, I'll try to be gentle. Let me know if it hurts too much." Maxwell nodded. From this angle, he could take in Mona's features all at once, her big eyes, long eyelashes, petite nose, and rosy lips. The sensation of their earlier kiss felt vividly fresh in his mind. As he stared at her, Maxwell unconsciously swallowed.

His gaze on Mona intensified as if he wanted to hold her right now.

Lost in his thoughts, Maxwell subtly leaned forward, causing Mona to inadvertently press the cotton swab a little too hard against his lip.

"Maxwell, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. Does it hurt too much? Want me to blow on it?" Mona said apologetically, realizing that the swab had made contact because he had leaned in,

knew he was at fault. He had been momentarily captivated by Mona, which made him lean in just as the cotton swab brushed against the corner of his mouth. "It's nothing, just a

eye to eye, gazing at his lip. She softly blew

one had ever treated him with such tenderness as Mona did. All the warmth he had known had come from her. "Much better. Blow on it a little

lip a few more times before finishing applying

medicine.

might affect your looks a bit," she said

band-aid for quite a while but could only find cartoon-themed ones. Fortunately, Maxwell

felt she must have been mistaken. He couldn't

as

all. I put it on myself, so how could I?" After finishing, she put the first-aid kit back in its place and added. "You should

Chapter 78

sudden appearance, distracting him, he wouldn't have taken that punch. But now it seemed

badly," Mona said, wanting to go over. If she didn't, the relationship she had managed to improve with

as she treated his wound first, it meant

she hesitated before knocking on the door. "It's me,

she see Maxwell pin me to the ground? The first person she checked on was Maxwell, not me. I

bed, his cheek swollen and bruised, with the corner of his mouth injured as well. It

asked. Maxwell had only come to persuade Albert to join the army. And she didn't

of a