“It’s okay, Linda.” Nicholas held back his laugh. “He did it for my sake. He said it’d replenish calcium…”

“Calcium? You don’t even have the general knowledge!” Linda raised her voice. “Marcus, I know you two had some beef inside, but it’s been so long. Nicholas hasn’t found fault with you other than the two previous times, right?

“How could you torture him like this while he’s injured!?”

Zephyr was rendered speechless.

“I changed my mind about you seeing how you dote on Cordelia!” Linda rolled her eyes. “I didn’t expect you to still be so petty and vicious!”

Nicholas forced back his laugh and continued acting pitifully in front of Linda, looking at Zephyr’s scowl.

When Linda turned back to look at him carefully, she saw that he had two blisters on his mouth.

“How did you get these?”

“Oh, these?” Nicholas said faintly, “It’s… He took care of me a few days ago and burned me.”

“Marcus Grist!” Linda looked like she was going to kill Zephyr.

“Linda, it’s okay! It doesn’t hurt… I’m not in pain, really! He’s taken good care of me. We should tolerate each other…”

“You got burned with blisters, and you’re taking his side?” Linda turned around and glared at Zephyr. “Mr. Grist, you don’t have to take care of him anymore. Thank you very much! For real, you’re unbelievable!”

brows back at him—as

a thing, and hated that

long under the strong sun and felt rather weak. He paled further, and large

went to check on him. Nicholas’ wound had probably opened up as blood seeped from the gauze. Cordelia ran to get the

his hand.

been shot countless times. He was pained by what Linda said and her gaze when she looked at him. He was pained because he did not know how to defend himself and how to get her forgiveness. He did not know if they

cried harder, thinking he was in a critical state since

a nurse, and they wheeled Nicholas back to the hospital ward. He was fine after his wound

stayed next to him during the process, keeping her eyes on him and gripping

Cordelia exchanged a

be leaving today. I’ll buy her food

Zephyr nodded.

Cordelia left, the nurse asked Linda, “Are you the

surprise. Nicholas, who was lying in bed, nodded fervently before she could

The nurse frowned. “It’s so hot outside. How could you wheel the patient out in the sun? It’s easy to sweat when the temperature is high, and it does nothing for his recovery when the

Linda nodded in a

weak. “It’s your best friend’s husband who wheeled me out in

clearly caught the smirk

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