Chapter 1194

“Um, okay.” Neera pursed her lips as she wrapped herself in the blanket under his gaze, then closed her eyes.

She didn’t know why she did it.

She just felt embarrassed, even a bit awkward, unsure of how to respond to his attentiveness.

Another reason was she would be reminded of Jean whenever she saw the man.

The concern he showed her earlier would inexplicably remind her of Jean’s tenderness.

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What’s wrong with me? Has my emotions intensified from missing Jean so much that it’s causing me to think of him?

Amid such chaotic thoughts, she heard the sound of footsteps leaving.

Surprisingly, her anxiety gradually ebbed with his arrival and departure.

It was as if something had smoothed it over.

Before long, her mind and emotions calmed down, and she finally drifted off to sleep.

Not far away, Darcel continued to gaze at her, his pitch-black eyes unreadable, leaving one to wonder what he was thinking.

as he suddenly appeared from

glanced at him, answering airily,

heard the comment. He choked, spurting out the water in

coughed simultaneously, causing Darcel to frown and shoot

You’ll wake her up with all the noise

his hand in acknowledgment. His voice was much softer when he spoke again. “My apologies. I was caught

he started teasing him.

specifically went to rescue her and

narrowed slightly, his tone still as icy as

just assumed I was one of your men.”

my men? Don’t make it sound as if there’s something

carrying a hint of danger. “Keep talking nonsense, and

having fun yet. You won’t get to be by her side if you kick me out

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soon.

Darcel remained silent.

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girl who devotes herself to studying medicine. Hence, treating wounds and saving people are the only things she knows. How can she even withstand all the fighting and killing? It must

fiancée,” Darcel

his gaze fell back on her soundly asleep face, a trace of tenderness flashing in

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