“What just happened?” Joyce’s mouth fell open as she gaped at the couple.

Why did he abruptly carry her?

Shane had caught Natalie off-guard when he lifted her. She had no time to react and had instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck to keep her balance. But when she came back to her senses, she immediately released her arms and yelled with her face flushed, “Mr. Shane, what are you doing? Let me down!”

Shane remained unmoved, carrying her expressionlessly as he walked. Anxious, Natalie began to struggle, but he merely gritted his teeth and held on tightly, refusing to let go.

He lowered his head slightly, staring darkly at the woman who was on tenterhooks in his embrace. “Keep moving and I’ll throw you down!” he warned.

“You—” Natalie froze, twisting her head to gauge the height to the ground. Though it wasn’t too high, there were stones and debris everywhere. She decided it wasn’t worth it.

Natalie compromised and stopped moving, biting her lip as she stared at the man. “What are you trying to do?”

Shane didn’t answer. He placed her in the backseat before retrieving a plastic bag from the glove compartment.

Natalie recognized it at once. It was the same plastic bag from several days ago when he had bandaged her hand in the hospital. It contained bandages and disinfectants.

So Silas had kept it in the

 

reality, she discovered that her sprained ankle had been raised without her notice and rested on his lap with her shoes

her ankle, she tolerated the pain as she quickly took back

 

empty spot above his lap. He commanded

him, bending over to pick up her shoes

immediately kicked her heels further away from her reach. “I’ll say it again. Put your leg back up!” he ordered, staring coldly at

bottom lip. “Mr. Shane, I can handle

reach for the plastic bag beside him, only for

eyes

up,” he chastised,

pressed her

and held onto her ankle with one hand,

and giggled. He glanced at

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