“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 while enjoying the

of a sudden, he glanced at the

that, Zachary promptly placed his glass down

tightly. As a matter of fact, her nerves were so

was already beside her and was leaning in towards her. She then instinctively closed

getting even closer… Zachary reached out and turned off

from the aroma lamp. The darkness

Cynthia was so nervous she was shaking uncontrollably. Even

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

her eyes and gazed at

he was going

only turning

a while, Zachary had fallen asleep on the sofa. It was either from sheer exhaustion or the

wine glass he was holding, and the wine immediately stained

toward Zachary. She then covered him with a blanket and joined him on the

brows were knitted

for him as she carefully reached out to caress his

suddenly twitched

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