“Apologize sincerely, and ask about the injury. That’s basic courtesy,” Henry demanded.

“It’s already so late…” Zachary was about to reject when he saw Henry glower at him. He had no choice but to agree to it.

After that, he turned and walked back toward Cynthia’s bed.

The nurses got the hint and quickly left the room to give some much-needed space to Zachary and Cynthia.

The door was closed behind him, leaving them alone in the room. The combined effect of the dimmed lights, sway of the white curtains, and lavender fragrance gave a very romantic ambiance.

Zachary sat on the sofa, opened a bottle of wine, and started drinking on his own.

 

As for Cynthia, she lay on the bed and quietly looked at Zachary, her eyes full of warmth and tenderness.

“I’ll rest here for a while before leaving so I don’t get nagged at again.” Zachary glanced at Cynthia. “Am I disturbing you?”

 

“No, it’s fine.” Cynthia gestured. “You can rest as long as you want.”

When they locked eyes, Cynthia blushed and immediately tried to clarify. “What I meant was, to put Grandpa at ease, you can stay here longer… no, I meant, you can stay however long you want… “

The more she tried to explain, the more flustered she got.

on the sofa, quietly savoring the wine

a sudden, he glanced at the door. He could

placed his glass down and made his way toward

she gripped her blanket tightly. As a matter of

that, Zachary was already beside her and was leaning in towards

she felt him getting even closer… Zachary reached

room was now mostly dark except for the flickering light from the aroma lamp. The darkness gave the room an

nervous she was shaking uncontrollably. Even

touch her. He went back to the sofa and continued

slowly opened her eyes and gazed

he was

was only turning

It was

dropped the wine glass he was holding, and the wine immediately stained

She then covered him with a blanket and joined him on the sofa, looking at

lit room made his handsome face look weary. His brows were knitted

as she carefully reached

suddenly twitched in

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