Chapter 5

Julie sighed with relief, looking towards the leather couch not far away. She dragged herself over and plopped down, bone–tired.

She thought Kieran wouldn’t come back, but he was back in a minute, with a tube of ointment in his hand.

Being on guard, Julie watched him approach, his deep voice sounding above her, “Rub in some ointment.”

Once he finished, he set the ointment down by Julie’s couch.

The spot where the motorbike had hit hurt like hell, Julie didn’t want to torture herself anymore. So, she picked up the ointment and headed for the bathroom.

Kieran watched the bathroom door close, with a serious look on his face.

Besides her upper thigh, Julie’s back was also aching, probably from the motorbike falling on her lower.

back.

The pain on her leg wasn’t as bad as her back, so Julie took off her dress, ready to apply the ointment to her back first. But she couldn’t reach the wound, her brows furrowed in frustration. She picked up a cotton swab, dipped it in the ointment, and was about to apply it when the bathroom door was pushed open by Kieran…

could react, Kieran had snatched the cotton swab from her. Then he turned her around, forcing her to face the mirror. A

the feeling of the ointment on her

snapped back to reality, quickly turning

her towards the mirror, “Don’t turn around, I don’t want to see your

chest.”

realized she was only wearing

saw herself in the mirror, her

reflection in the mirror, “I don’t

he focused on applying the ointment to

her heels, she was only shoulder–height to him. She used to love hugging

stiffened her back, waiting in silence for him to finish applying

right?” Kieran’s

for the towel next to her, wrapping it around herself. She reached out to snatch the

Kieran simply lifted his

get the ointment back. So, she decided to stop arguing with him

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