“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!”

dark. He exuded an

“Are you courting death?”

looks like you’re

a hand

upon feeling the pressure on his throat increasing. His breathing became

“You…”

actions was no weaker than the

to grab Zephyr’s wrist… when the door opened, and Cordelia

astonished and ran to

regained his cool and slowly unclenched his choke to toss Nicholas

go too hard for fear that his wound would open up again. As

husband and entirely ignored the patient in

“Darling, are you alright?”

you see

you keep quiet?” Cordelia glanced at him. “Could I not know what kind of person my husband

said something to trigger him just

saved someone like you!” Cordelia huffed and slammed the take-out box on the cabinet

with him… We’re not going to be petty with

cooled down and held her

are ours to get even when he has recovered! It’s never

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

rubbed

completely disregarded the wounded man on the

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