Chapter 67

Grace breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s great. You’ve finally

woken up.”

Woken up? When had he fallen asleep?

One moment he’d been in Grace’s arms. Soaking up her strength and scent. The next, he must’ve drifted off to sleep and the memories seized him.

Wait, no. That wasn’t entirely right.

They’d chatted more after dinner. Then each taken time to wash up and change for bed.

He’d lay down on the cot and counted her breaths until she fell asleep.

Jason rubbed his eyes, the events of the evening coming back to him in short order.

He’d not had a nightmare like this in a long time.

In his dream, he had knelt down in front of the woman and begged her… Was it because he had talked about that woman tonight that he had had such a dream?

his hair. He exhaled a long breath and lowered his head only to find that the

his

as if she was embarrassed. “Because… you were shouting that it hurts so much. I was afraid that something was wrong with

at her, and her face slowly grew redder.

before you woke up, so actually, I didn’t see anything,” she hurriedly

the brighter her cheeks

You can look at

so hard, and it was quite adorable, actually.

does it h-hurt anymore?” It

out this

head and began

his neck, but she accidentally caught a glimpse of his chest, and then suddenly pulled down

“Hey-you are hurt!’

was a scar right above his heart. Although the scar was already faint, Grace could still tell that

just a small injury,” he said in an indifferent manner.

While he had been sleeping, he had been

Grace felt as if

you get hurt like this? When did it happen?” she

years since he had been injured, and other than the doctors, no one else had touched his wounds. She was the only one… It was as if all the blood in his body was pumping into the area near his heart. Beneath her touch, his heart was

long time. It’s no longer

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