Ashton patted my hand in consolation. “To consult a doctor. Just chat with the doctor later and try not to overthink things. Just answer whatever the doctor asks, okay?”
I nodded, but a feeling of suffocation assailed me in this cramped space.
About ten minutes later, an elderly man in a white coat walked in. He looked like he was in his sixties.
Glancing at Ashton, the elderly man flashed him a faint smile and inclined his head a fraction in greeting. Subsequently, his gaze alighted on me.
Shortly after, a few seconds at most, he turned his gaze on Ashton. He said nothing pertinent, merely questioning mildly, “Are you staying, Ashton?”
Ashton nodded.
At this, the doctor pursed his lips and cocked an eyebrow though he didn’t comment further on this matter.
He glanced at the document in his hand before focusing his gaze on me. “How’s your sleep recently?” he asked.
“Not bad,” I answered. Inwardly, however, I was already feeling a tad irritable – for I hated such a cramped space and chatting as though I was being interrogated.
As my stomach roiled, I abruptly bolted to my feet and rushed to the washroom without waiting for his next question.
was nothing else for me to puke, so
the flash of red,
didn’t continue with the subsequent questions. As the doctor looked at me, his gaze radiated worry, and he asked me to
time and again, “Don’t wander around. Wait for
before flashing
to the doctor, he suggested, “How about this? I’ll come over another day
at me. Then,
the stairs. When we had gotten into the car, I stared at his slightly pale face. “Is my condition
his profound gaze alighted on my face. As he caressed my face with his long and slender fingers, he answered in a gentle voice, “No. Don’t think so much. Perhaps your stomach just isn’t feeling great,
that he was merely placating me with such
of us knew full well what was happening here, but neither was willing to spell it
to the villa, he hugged me tightly as though reluctant to step
drowsy, yet my sleep
he’d be keeping watch beside me. When I woke up after dozing off for a bit, I seemingly saw him talking on the phone on the
his voice wasn’t loud,
was rife with barely restrained emotions as he countered whatever the person on the other end
a faint sense of isolation and
to be persuading him, for
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