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?

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

revealing his chest. “My clothes

the direction of his gaze 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 went ahead and unbuttoned your

her, and her

even have the time to look before you woke up, so actually, I didn’t see

brighter her cheeks

even if you see. You can look at

hard, and it

does it h-hurt anymore?” It took her a long time

this

hurt anymore.” He lowered his head and began

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

“Hey-you are hurt!’

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

small injury,” he said in an indifferent

lower lip with 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

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

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

many 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

long time. It’s no longer

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