After Natalie repeated that several times, she had managed to feed him almost the entire glass of water.

Seeing that the crease of his brows had eased, she breathed a sigh of relief.

“Just how much did you have to drink?” she muttered at the stench of alcohol hanging in the air.

Then, she shrugged helplessly before placing the back of her hand on his forehead to check whether he was running a fever.

After all, it was common to contract a fever from overindulgence.

Fortunately, Shane wasn’t running a fever — he was merely sloshed.

At that, Natalie’s heart that was lodged in her throat finally settled back in her chest. She then got up and went to the bathroom for a basin of water to wipe him down.

Having done all that, she pulled the covers over him and made to leave.

Out of the blue, Shane abruptly grabbed her hand. In a hoarse voice, he cried out, “Don’t go!”

Thinking that he was awake, she hurriedly whirled around only to realize that he was merely talking in his sleep.

“Don’t go!” the man repeated once more.

“I’ll stay.” Natalie sat back down on the edge of the bed.

on her hand loosened a smidge, and he didn’t clutch desperately at

merely stared at

face gradually faded. As such, he was probably sobering

eyelids twitched. In the next moment, he

Natalie, he frowned. “Why

instantly disappeared. “You were drunk, so I came over

Huh? I was drunk?

gone out for drinks with Jackson. He accidentally imbibed because of everything that had happened in the past two days, so he then got

when she noticed that he had suddenly gone

expression darkened, and he released his hold

been sucked out of her when he dropped his hand, and her

you company tonight?” she murmured,

him, I’ll take the initiative to stay the night

sat up and massaged his temples.

her lip, Natalie pleaded,

“Leave!” Shane snapped.

instant, the light in Natalie’s eyes vanished, and her expression dimmed. She got up and dragged her feet toward

glimmer of distress flashed

his heart hardened again when he recalled

room, she gently closed the door behind her. Then, she leaned against the door. Looking up at the ceiling along the corridor, she forced back the tears that threatened

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