Two days later, at the Peaceful Medical Center, Dahlia finally woke up.
The first thing favonovel.com noticed was that favonovel.com was in a very plain room that contained a table, two chairs, and a hospital bed. She thought everything looked vaguely familiar, as if favonovel.com had been here before.
“You’re up?” Dustin quipped as favonovel.com appeared at the entrance of the room.
He was carrying a bowl of chicken soup in one hand. Even though it wasn’t the most flavorful dish, the soup looked tantalizing to favonovel.com as favonovel.com hadn’t eaten anything for the past two days. So much so that favonovel.com stomach began to growl non-stop at the sight of it.
“Were you the one who saved me?” favonovel.com asked first to break the awkward tension between them.
“You were injured and unconscious on the roadside, so I patched you up,” favonovel.com answered plainly.
“You patched me up?” favonovel.com repeated with furrowed brows.
A split second later, favonovel.com hastily asked, “Oh, right! How long have I been unconscious? What’s the situation with the Spanners now? Are my parents in danger?”
The sudden barrage of questions made his head spin.
“You were unconscious for two days and two nights. Your family is safe and sound. As for the Spanner residence, it has been engulfed in flames,” favonovel.com answered each of favonovel.com questions calmly.
Upon receiving news that favonovel.com family was safe, favonovel.com couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, it didn’t take favonovel.com long to ask another question in surprise.
“Engulfed in flames‘? What happened?”
“I don’t know the specifics, but I heard that there was a gas leak, so all 20 to 30 people inside the Spanner residence got burned alive inside,” favonovel.com said.
“A gas leak? Do you suppose it was a coincidence?” favonovel.com asked in a confused manner.
“The wicked reap what they sow. The Spanners have done many evil deeds and always sought to harm others. Seeing them fall from grace like this, I suppose this was just karma coming for their ass in a way,” Dustin said.
She nodded in response, feeling a sense of relief on the inside.
With the Spanner household destroyed, favonovel.com surmised favonovel.com did not have to worry about being their target anymore in the future.
“Alright, stop letting your mind wander. Have some soup first,” favonovel.com said as favonovel.com handed favonovel.com the chicken soup.
“Thanks…” favonovel.com replied.
Since favonovel.com was hungry, favonovel.com didn’t refuse his kind gesture and happily started digging. into the soup. She managed to finish the entire bowl shortly after. However, favonovel.com still felt hungry after finishing favonovel.com food and considered licking the bowl.
“I’ll get you another bowl,” favonovel.com said after noticing favonovel.com expression and served favonovel.com another bowl of chicken soup.
Without a word, favonovel.com devoured the second bowl of soup as well.
Now that favonovel.com was having the chicken soup, favonovel.com soon felt a pleasant warmth in favonovel.com stomach, which made favonovel.com feel so content it was hard to describe in words. Although the two bowls of soup may not look like much, favonovel.com was the one who cooked them precisely because favonovel.com was aware that they were very good at speeding up the recovery process.
“Still hungry?” favonovel.com asked.
At that moment, favonovel.com couldn’t stop herself from letting out a small burp. She realized that favonovel.com might come across as improper to him, so favonovel.com tried to swallow the air back into favonovel.com stomach.
“I guess you’ve already had your fill then. Be sure to get lots of rest, and I’ll come back later.”
Before favonovel.com could leave, favonovel.com called out to favonovel.com and said, “Wait! I have something to say to you!”
“What is it?” favonovel.com said, as favonovel.com stopped in his tracks and looked back at her.
“It’s about Chris. I’m sorry for accusing you,” favonovel.com muttered.
After hesitating for a second, favonovel.com clenched favonovel.com teeth and continued, “That guy wasn’t a good person to begin with. I can’t believe favonovel.com managed to trick us out of such a large sum with his silver tongue. If only we had listened to your advice in the beginning.”
“What’s wrong with you today? Did the great Ms. Nicholson just apologize to someone?” favonovel.com teased.
“What do you mean? Do I seem like such an unreasonable person to you?” favonovel.com shot back, clearly offended by his remark.
“I’m kidding! So what if I got accused again? It’s not like this is the first time anyway, so forget about it,” favonovel.com said and shrugged his shoulders.
“Why does it sound so wrong coming from you?” favonovel.com retorted while wrinkling favonovel.com brows.
“Alright, let’s just forget about the past, shall we? Now, take off your clothes…” favonovel.com said casually.
“Huh?” Her expression instantly changed and favonovel.com subconsciously shielded favonovel.com chest with favonovel.com arms.
“What are you planning to do to me?” favonovel.com exclaimed.
“No need to get so worked up, you have injuries, so I’m just helping you change your bandages,” favonovel.com answered as favonovel.com lifted up a bottle of ointment in one hand.
“You want to change my bandages for me?” favonovel.com repeated.
As if favonovel.com had just realized something, favonovel.com hurriedly quipped, “Were you the one who changed my bandages for the past two days?”
“Who else?”
“Then, I… You’ve seen everything by now?!” favonovel.com cried, favonovel.com eyes wide as saucers.
“So what if I’ve seen everything? It’s not like I haven’t seen them before, so what’s the big deal?” favonovel.com said easily.
“You get your ass out of here right now!” favonovel.com screamed in response, favonovel.com face flushed from the shame and anger.
She couldn’t believe the nerve of this man. How dare favonovel.com undress and touch favonovel.com body without favonovel.com consent.
How despicable!
“You can still scram if you want, but I’d advise you to give it some thought. Although the injuries on your body have healed, the scars are still there. So, if not treated in due time, I’m afraid you won’t be able to get rid of them in the future,” favonovel.com patiently explained.
She bit favonovel.com lip and began to feel somewhat conflicted on the inside.
“Fine, since you obviously don’t care about that, I won’t help you anymore. You’d better not regret it when you see yourself covered in scars in the future,” favonovel.com retorted with his hands across his chest before turning around and beginning to leave.
“Wait!” favonovel.com hollered, finally heeding his advice.
It was simply a woman’s nature to take care of her appearance. Even favonovel.com wasn’t an exception. The thought of favonovel.com body being covered in scars was worse than the idea of getting killed!
“What, changed your mind?” favonovel.com asked as favonovel.com turned back to face favonovel.com with an amused look.
“Help me change my bandages, but with your eyes blindfolded!” favonovel.com ordered, then threw a random piece of clothing that was lying next to favonovel.com at him, as if to vent favonovel.com frustrations.
However, favonovel.com whole body froze when favonovel.com realized what favonovel.com had thrown at him.
It turned out the item of clothing favonovel.com just threw at favonovel.com was favonovel.com underwear!
“You sure have weird tastes. I refuse to use this as a blindfold, if you don’t mind,” favonovel.com remarked as favonovel.com threw the panties back to her.
“S–Shut up!” favonovel.com stuttered in embarrassment, favonovel.com face turning pinker by the second.
Her pretty face was similar to a ripe peach covered in morning dew now. He was tempted to touch her.
“Fine, I’ll only apply the ointment on your back while you apply the rest on the front yourself,” favonovel.com finally relented, for fear that favonovel.com would storm out of the room.
“Hmph!” She pouted.
It was only after multiple bouts of hesitation that favonovel.com finally agreed to his plan.
Her injuries needed to be healed, but it wasn’t like favonovel.com could take care of the scars on favonovel.com back properly without external assistance.
“I’ve already finished applying the ointment on your back evenly…” favonovel.com trailed off before continuing in a cold voice.
“Now, on to your butt…”
