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“Asher, I… I accidentally knocked over the wine glass. I’m terribly sorry–I’ll clean this up right away.”
Grace knelt down to clean up the shattered glass.
Her low–cut dress exposed her décolletage as she bent forward in Asher’s line of sight.
Asher darkened his expression and averted his gaze, his tone increasingly impatient. “Get up. Leave at
once.”
Grace tried to pick up the glass fragments with her bare hands, then suddenly let out a cry.
Her finger had been cut, bright red blood dripping steadily onto the floor.
She rose weakly, her expression pitiful as she pressed her lips together. “Asher, I’ve cut myself on the
glass. Could you possibly take me to hospital?”
Asher’s gaze moved downward, briefly examining Grace’s wound. “There are plasters and antiseptic in the bathroom cabinet. Sort it out yourself.”
“Can’t you take me to hospital? It’s frightfully painful.”
Asher’s lips curled into a mocking smile. “By the time we reached hospital, it would have healed already.”
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The following morning, when Lady Blackwood Sr. couldn’t reach Asher by phone, she called his
executive assistant, Matt Ford.
“Is Asher terribly busy?” she inquired.
Matt responded respectfully, “Lady Blackwood, Mr. Blackwood has just finished a meeting.”
“Have him take my call.”
Asher glanced at Matt questioningly. “Grandmother?”
Matt nodded and handed over the phone.
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The old lady’s tone was relatively gentle. “Asher, dear, your sister has fallen ill rather seriously and is in hospital. I’ll send you the address and room number. Perhaps you could find time to visit her.”
“Grandmother,” Asher replied coldly, “if she’s ill, you should call for doctors. Why involve me? I’m hardly qualified to treat illnesses.”
Lady Blackwood steadied her emotions, maintaining a pleasant tone. “Just this once. Regardless of everything, she is your sister. Visiting her in hospital when she’s ill isn’t crossing any boundaries, is it?”
“Asher, I was wrong about the family dinner incident, and I apologize. Yesterday Grace became dreadfully ill. When I visited her in hospital today, she looked absolutely wretched. It truly broke my heart to see her that way. Grace is asking for you. Won’t you please visit her? Do it as a favour to your
nothing else.”
her pride and offering an apology–something the typically imperious Lady Blackwood rarely did–Asher relented gracefully.
he
At the hospital.
entered the ward carrying a basket of homemade chicken soup and freshly baked
sent over with her staff.
Grace lay receiving intravenous fluids,
flashed with delight.
on the table. “What’s
I tried to eat a
afterward.”
and bread that Grandmother had prepared,” Asher indicated the basket.
IV line, and my right hand was cut by glass last night.
remained cold. “Where’s
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stepped out for
deliberately sent
call for another nurse.”
didn’t press the issue of him
the soup,
to remove
up: “I should be going now.
love to get some fresh air
outside?”
unreasonable. Asher
“Very well, then.”
with Grace walking in front. “Asher, I knew you still cared about me. You’re so busy with work yet you made time to visit me and even prepared this lovely soup for me.
Grace,
at
to dwell on this peculiarity, when
his pupils contracting sharply as if struck
voice
head at the sound of his
hospital attire beside Asher,
urgent.
woman was wearing hospital clothes, her face pale.
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Thalia’s hand in both of his, his voice tender with concern. “Why didn’t you tell me you were unwell, sweetheart?”
her voice soft. “You’ve been so busy
“How could you ever be a bother? You’re everything to me, Lía. Your
gently withdrew her hand. “I’m perfectly fine. Don’t you have other matters to attend to? You
was referring to Grace’s situation.
harbored inappropriate feelings for Asher, and Grace’s
obvious.
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