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?

and lowered his head only to find that the button

his chest. “My clothes

and she pursed her lips as if she was embarrassed. “Because… you were shouting that it hurts so much. I was afraid that something was wrong with your body… So, uh, I just

her, and her face

you, I… I didn’t even have the time to look before you woke up, so actually, I didn’t see anything,” she hurriedly

her cheeks glowed.

see. You can look

blushing so hard, and

It took

out this sentence.

his head and began to button up his

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

“Hey-you are hurt!’

already faint, Grace could still tell that

injury,” he said in an indifferent

her teeth and raised her hand to touch. the scar gently. While he had been sleeping, he had been crying out in pain, and her hand had accidentally touched this area. Was he in pain

was he hurt back then? Grace felt as if her own heart was being wrenched.

hurt like this? When did it

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 beating faster than

It’s no longer painful,” he said.

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