When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I dozed off anyway. Suddenly, I felt Ashton stir next to me. When I opened my eyes, I saw him struggling to make his way off the bed.

I sprung out of my bed immediately and ran over to help him, as though in a trance.

He was sweating profusely again, probably because of the injury on his back. Seeing that I was up, he looked at me apologetically and said, “Did I wake you?”

I shook my head, feeling a little sorry for him. As I grabbed hold of his arm, I asked in concern, “Are you alright? The doctor said you aren’t allowed to get off the bed yet.”

He pursed his lips, his fingers tightening around the handrails of his bed. “I’m going to the toilet.”

I froze for a moment before replying, “There’s a bedpan!”

“Help me to the bathroom!” he ordered as though he hadn’t heard me. His voice was low and full of authority, and for a moment I thought he was back to the cold, distant Ashton again.

He had his pride, I supposed. Knowing that I wouldn’t win in an argument, I gave in and helped him off the bed.

He was 180cm tall and looked almost absurd next to me. For some reason, I had a distinct feeling that he was consciously not putting any of his weight on me.

We entered the toilet. Since his arm was still attached to the IV drip, I bent down without a second thought to help him unbuckle his belt.

However, he grabbed hold of my hand almost immediately. Looking a little helpless, he said, “Alright, I can do this myself. Go outside and wait for me.”

was on his back and

me and shook his head. “I’ll be fine. Be a good girl and wait

I said, “I’ll just help you unbuckle

crept into his voice. “You don’t have to worry about me. I’m not

face. I couldn’t help but wonder how there could

of the toilet. I heard

annoyance. Ashton was always

and waited for a while more. After a long time, I started panicking a little. Turning towards the toilet door, I called loudly, “Ashton,

he replied, sounding cool and

I got up and was about to go in to help him. Nonetheless, once I pushed the

out a sigh of relief and helped

had to be changed every three hours. The nurse came in shortly afterward with fresh bandages in her hands. This time, she

the blistering skin on his back, my heart skipped a beat. An

condition. As far as possible, make sure he doesn’t make any big movements that might aggravate his condition. That could slow down the rate of his

I shuddered in horror,

arm after bandaging his wound. Because of the medication, he fell asleep almost immediately

fall asleep. His back was going

let her accompany him to the hospital.

the plan was to take Ashton to a hospital in K City, too. However, after considering the rough journey and the state of his injuries,

every day to visit us. Although our