Regret Came Too Late

Grace had no choice but to turn around and face him. "Is it your chest or your back?"

"My chest." Ethan lowered his gaze. There were a few beads of sweat on his nose, making him look more vulnerable.

Grace gritted her teeth and put her hand on his chest. His body temperature was abnormally high and even higher in places with red rashes. Her fingertips trembled from the heat.

Ethan's hand suddenly covered the back of Grace's. Her fingertips curled up as she wiped the inappropriate thoughts from her mind.

"Let go of your hand. I'll help you to scratch it."

Ethan's gaze was fixed on her face. Seeing that she wasn't looking back at him and seemed uncomfortable, the corner of his lips curled up for a moment. "Okay."

He moved his hand away, letting Grace's fingertips softly scratch his skin. She asked after a few scratches, "Are you feeling better now?"

His breathing grew heavier, and she could feel his body getting even more heated and harder than before.

Ethan didn't say a word and kept his lips pressed tightly together. Grace thought her actions were helping, so she kept scratching his chest for a long time.

minutes, his eyelashes trembled as he suddenly grabbed her hand. "You can

and wanted to ask if Ethan was feeling a bit better now. But before she could say another word, her knee accidentally bumped into something hot and

face burst into a bright shade of red. She quickly turned her back

herself that Ethan's reaction was normal

had a layer of thick bed sheets around her, but even so, she could still feel how high the temperature of that pair of hands

low as she quietly inched away from Ethan. "You can go ahead and sleep if you're feeling better now. I think

tightened his hold around her waist. It was so slender that it felt as if it was made

and sat up. She tucked the blanket tighter around him with a serious look on her face. "Mr. Henderson, I really don't

bad, Mr. Bennett and I can help you find one you'll be satisfied with when we get back to Druville. You can

on Grace's face. He saw

Grace suddenly felt a bit awkward, wondering if she had

got off the bed to sleep on the couch. However, she heard him speak up. "You can just sleep

some reason, Grace heard a hint of bitterness in Ethan's words. Feeling a lump in her throat, she was unable to refuse his

little closer to him. "Don't sleep so far away. You still have a fever, and the heater isn't warm