“Cough! Cough!” He hacked two loud coughs.

Zephyr and Cordelia looked over in unison.

“Uh, have you heard?” Nicholas chuckled dryly, “The more PDA you show, the faster it dies off…”

“Shut up!” The husband and wife retorted in perfect timing.

Nicholas surrendered and clamped his mouth shut. What else could he do? They were a couple, and he was alone! If someone could help him now, he would not have to suffer the grand public display of affection here.

Cordelia sighed, shook her head, and went over to open the take-out box.

“You… made this?” Nicholas’ stomach had been rumbling a long time ago.

Cordelia’s gaze on him was rather hostile. The man had first sought fault with her husband and hurt Linda. She really wondered why they saved him.

“Eat,” she uttered dryly.

Nicholas took a deep breath and grimaced at her as he held his bandaged hand up. “I can’t move.”

“What do you mean? You aren’t asking me to feed you, are you!?”

“I certainly wouldn’t dare ask that of you!” Nicholas beamed. “But if… If someone could take good care of me, like how you’re taking care of your husband, heh, I think I’d recover speedily!”

Cordelia caught what he meant immediately. He wanted to ask for Linda. It was just that, did he not remember what he had said when the two of them met again? He had said that he did not know Linda!

“Nicholas Thompson!”

was dark. He exuded an oppressive

“Are you courting death?”

like you’re

abruptly raised a hand

shocked upon feeling the pressure on his

“You…”

actions

wrist… when the door opened, and Cordelia came in to be

was astonished and ran to grab

slowly unclenched his

hard for fear that his wound would open up again. As he coughed, he glared at

husband

“Darling, are you alright?”

his teeth. “Didn’t you see

kind of person my husband is? Would he have choked you if you didn’t provoke

said something to trigger him just

have saved someone like you!” Cordelia huffed and

with him… We’re not going to be petty with a patient since he’s injured

and held her

continued to say with a smile, “Darling, chances are ours to get even when he has

Zephyr finally cracked a smile. “I’ll listen to

his face and rubbed it with

them completely disregarded the wounded man on

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