“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.

Zachary remained on the sofa, quietly savoring the wine

of a sudden, he glanced at the door. He could sense someone outside,

promptly placed his glass down and made his

of fact, her nerves were so bad she didn’t even dare to

and was leaning in towards her. She then instinctively closed

Zachary reached out and turned off the

light from the

point, Cynthia was so nervous she was shaking

Zachary still didn’t touch her. He went back to the sofa and continued

slowly opened her eyes and gazed at

he was going

only

a while, Zachary had fallen asleep on the sofa. It

glass he was holding, and the wine immediately stained the

Zachary. She then covered him with a blanket and joined him

look weary. His brows were knitted even in his sleep, as though he was in

ached for him as she carefully reached out to caress

then, Zachary suddenly twitched in

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