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?

long breath and lowered his head only to find that the button of

his chest. “My

it hurts so much. I was afraid that something was wrong with your body… So, uh,

her, and her face

so actually, I didn’t see anything,” she hurriedly explained, but the more she explained, the odder she sounded.

the brighter her cheeks glowed.

you see. You can look at my

so hard, and

body… does it h-hurt anymore?” It took

this sentence.

lowered his head

her best to keep her gaze above his neck, but she accidentally caught a glimpse of his chest, and then suddenly

“Hey-you are hurt!’

Although the scar was already faint, Grace could still tell that the

a small injury,” he said in

gently. While he had been sleeping, he had been crying out in pain, and her hand had accidentally touched this area.

back then? Grace felt

get hurt like this? When did it happen?”

other than the doctors, no one else had touched his wounds. She was the only one… It was as if all the blood

It’s

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