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…

from her. Then he turned her around, forcing her to face the mirror. A moment later, a chilling sensation spread over her

the feeling of the ointment on

reality, quickly turning around to

shoulder, pushing her towards the mirror, “Don’t turn around, I don’t want

chest.”

was only wearing a black bra.

she quickly covered her chest. She saw herself in the mirror, her cheeks flushed.

Kieran’s reflection in the mirror, “I

didn’t respond. Instead, he focused on applying

without her heels, she was only shoulder–height to him.

silence for him to

right?” Kieran’s voice came from

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

lifted his head, resisting

she couldn’t get the ointment back. So, she decided to stop arguing with

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