Chapter 199

Jamie started toward the pantry. “What would you like to live, Miss Jones? Tea? Coffee? Or perhaps milk and juice?”

“Coffee will be good.”

“Got it.”

As he prepared my drink, I rubbed my forehead.

To my dismay, I could feel the swelling! I quickly tried to cover it with my bangs.

Jamie brought two cups of coffee over. “These coffee beans were gifts from a friend from Oz. Have a taste.”

“Thanks!”

I took a sip.

Before I could even savor it, Jamie suddenly asked, “Miss Jones, is your forehead alright? I think it’s… swollen…

I gulped down the coffee and tried to cover my forehead with my hair. “Oh! It’s, uh, nothing! I just bumped into something, haha.”

“It’ll recover faster if you put some ice on it,” he said, heading toward the fridge.

office for long, but it was well–equipped regardless. The pantry,

wrap it in. I

rang. It was Soren again.

happened since I hadn’t replied to his message. I should answer before he gets too worried.

answered quietly.

so I was worried that you might have fainted.” Soren’s voice was

My head’s

is harder–human

my lip in

“Is it swollen?”

a

were still on the phone, Jamie returned with a wrapped ice pack. He silently handed it to me, urg to hold it on my forehead.

a quiet thank

there someone else

of mine who’s also working

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to work? Maybe you should rest after injuring your forehead like

it’s really nothing! Thanks for

little too overdramatic about every little thing I went through. I just didn’t know how to respond to it. It was only after I said that

so too–because he fell

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