Ronan continued to comfort me. A strange sense of warmth exuded from his embrace.

Formerly, I thought of Ronan no more than a flirtatious playboy who was only trying to get me in bed. However, I had come to the realization that he truly did care for me.

Ronan did not stop me as I squeezed him tighter. Only when I was exhausted from all the crying did I let him go. As I pulled away, I noticed a huge stain of my sweat and tears on his shirt near his collar.

 

“Sorry for making your shirt dirty…”

Embarrassed to see the mess I have created, I mumbled sheepishly while avoiding eye contact. Overwhelmed by my emotions, I only cared about letting it out before I drowned in my own tears, forgetting that I had no relation with the man in front of me.

 

“It’s okay, as long as you have stopped crying. You almost scared me to death just now. I thought I had said something wrong that drove you to tears.”

Ronan shrugged and peered nonchalantly at his dampened shirt before turning to face me, concerned.

“It’s not your fault. I just thought of something upsetting.”

Utterly grateful that he had allowed me to cry on his shoulder, my perspective towards Ronan started to shift.

“Do you want to talk about it? After that crying session we just had, we should at least be friends now, right?”

A bright smile bloomed on his face as he looked at me carefully.

His big eyes made him look like an oversized toddler. However, I was surprisingly at ease by just staring into his sparkling eyes.

After a few minutes of hesitation, my lips parted as words started to spill out. I told Ronan everything that was happening between my family and me. It was not that I wanted his sympathy. I just needed to vent.

“Your parents had gone overboard this time. When we first met, you were kicked out of the hospital ward. Was it because of this?”

After my rant, Ronan’s eyes were filled with newfound pity. I pursed my lips subtly. Truth to be told, I did not like being pitied.

I nodded in silence.

parents treat you this way? Plus, what happened with Steven was

me sympathetically. Even so, his facial expression indicated his anger towards my

it anyways. It has always been like this since I was a little kid. They just made it even

feigning a look of

how sick you are, your parents still choose not to take

in his while looking at me. Heartache

I forgot to pull away from his touch. Instead, I

with me inside the ward. Time and time again, he would ask the nurses to take my temperature. His meticulous care for me touched me

some unknown reason, all of the nurses seemed to treat Ronan with extra caution.

the only reasoning that I

had taken care of me for hours. I was starting to feel sorry for taking up so much of his time. Just as

 

walked Mom with a box

I brought you some dinner. Eat

me before pouring

Mom, I could not help but feel my heart squeezed. After she left this

to showcase my tense relationship with Mom in

the box, I noticed there were only two types

glanced up at looked at my mom. Even though I was not satisfied with the food, I swallowed my disappointment while reminding myself to be grateful that Mom was willing to

patient right now, so she needs nutrients

His voice was laced with

who’s this? A friend of

peered at Ronan before directing her question to

He’s my

I would have never called Ronan my friend. However, after the attentiveness he had shown me that

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