Barclay scrutinized her for a moment. "Is it truly that agonizing?"

Moira hesitated, pondering the unexpected question.

Was this really about discomfort?

Turning her head away, Moira shut her eyes, feigning sleep.

Yet he remained seated so near, his presence permeated with the refreshing scent of wood, tempting her to lean closer.

Moira found herself torn between rationality and morality, finally glimpsing a ray of hope: her blood test results were finally available!

All the metrics in the report came back to normal.

Moira swiftly rose from her seat. "Mr. Covington, let's head for home!"

Home, where she could count ten thousand sheep if necessary.

"Perhaps we ought to seek the doctor's advice," he proposed.

Recalling the doctor's enigmatic stare, Moira lacked the courage to face him again.

home without

she instinctively looped her arm around

in the past, but Moira just wanted to hurry home without dwelling on

Barclay gazed at her and slowly remarked, "Ms. Jimenez, please

Moira remained puzzled.

quickly withdrew her hand

momentarily at a loss for words. "I'm sorry, I mistook you for Aiken." Barclay

also realized her slip of the tongue. How could such a dashing man be willing to be mistaken

incredibly embarrassed, Moira stood there as if her earlier drunkenness had evaporated, leaving only embarrassment

at her. "Let's

"Alright."

from uttering

from the hospital, an

exhausted her excess energy, as Moira didn't feel as groggy when

glanced at the lights outside the car window, her eyelids

the car left the

light just after turning at an intersection. Glancing over, he noticed that Moira, who had just moments ago warned him

his dark eyes, punctuating the silence with the deep rumble

light turned green and smoothly

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