“I’LL come back later.”

I’m sorry to interrupt,” Horace mumbled.

With urgency, Ariana pushed Theodore away and quickly rose to her feet, calling out to Horace before he could leave, “Your boss has had a mishap. Please come and help him up.”

Horace cleared his throat and was momentarily stunned by the fiery gaze of Theodore.

Ariana had turned around to face the wall. She was lost in the moment, her cheeks still aglow and her breath still ragged.

Despite Theodore’s menacing expression, Horace summoned the courage to cautiously assist the man back to his bed.

Horace presented Theodore with a new phone and said, “Your previous phone was unfortunately damaged in the accident. But I’ve taken care of it, sir. The new phone has all of your previous data transferred over.”

Theodore nodded and his expression softened a little. “Thank you.”

“Just doing my job, sir,” Horace replied, before quickly making an excuse to leave.

shifted his gaze toward the still turned away Ariana. “I’m feeling a bit hot, I need

“No, the doctor said

you help me clean

authority, still seated on

frown, Ariana was not one to be swayed by Theodore’s arrogance,

of the room, Ariana called for Horace, but he had already

a disgruntled snort. “Horace is

your duty to assist me

Theodore was aware of the fact that they were not of the same gender. Their relationship was merely a formality, not

idea in mind, Ariana suggested, “What if I

firmly rejected the idea. “No one is allowed to touch me except for those I trust. If you

the weight of her conscience as she gazed upon Theodore’s strong yet pained form, turned away from her in silence. Despite

knowledge that his injuries were a result of her actions, and the simple request he had

he detested feeling unclean, and the thought

to Theodore’s request. Nodding, she promised, “Okay. I will fetch you warm water to soothe

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