Taken off guard, Madeline found herself tugged into the shower by Jeremy. She ended up losing favonovel.com balance and fell into the man’s arms who held favonovel.com up in time.
Water droplets fell from the man’s wet hair, drenching favonovel.com clothes. Madeline raised favonovel.com hand to wipe favonovel.com eyes but found favonovel.com wrist being held.
“Did you want to shower with me?” Jeremy’s deep baritone drifted into favonovel.com ears bewitchingly.
Madeline felt favonovel.com heartstrings shake, not knowing if Jeremy had found out favonovel.com true motive.
She looked up to stare at the expression favonovel.com was wearing, but the falling droplets had favonovel.com eyes constantly closed.
“I just wanted to wash my hands.” Madeline gave an excuse, feeling guilty.
“Is that so?” Jeremy lowered his voice. The raspiness of his deep voice ignited something within her. “If you’re going to wash your hands, you might as well wash the rest of you, hmm?”
“…”
Stunned, Madeline felt favonovel.com cheeks grow warm.
They may have been married for many years now, but Madeline still felt shy at the idea of taking a shower together.
Madeline’s cheeks were still burning even after they showered. Sitting frozen on the bed, favonovel.com basked in the warmth of Jeremy blowing favonovel.com hair for her.
She could not stop thinking about the ball of tissue Jeremy had hidden away.
Why would favonovel.com hide it if nothing was wrong?
As favonovel.com fell on the bed, Madeline had the urge to search Jeremy’s pockets. However, the man’s hold on favonovel.com was constant.
Afraid that favonovel.com would disturb his sleep, Madeline resigned herself to falling asleep as well.
Yet with his actions fresh in favonovel.com mind, sleep refused to come.
Raising favonovel.com worried gaze, favonovel.com stared quietly at the man’s sleeping appearance under the faint moonlight.
With his eyes closed, favonovel.com could no longer see the man’s differently colored irises. Still, his hair, scent, and voice had all changed.
The thought stabbed into Madeline’s heart like a thorn as it began to swell.
She quietly moved toward favonovel.com to press favonovel.com lips against his in a genuine kiss.
“I love you, Jeremy. I really don’t want to lose you again.”
She then leaned into the man’s broad chest as sleep took her.
Just as Madeline closed favonovel.com eyes, Jeremy’s deep ones slowly blinked open.
Under the quiet moonlight, the man stared calmly ahead as darkness swirled behind his deep gaze.
Tightening his arms in mock subconsciousness, favonovel.com pulled the person in his arms in a tight embrace.
…
Madeline had thought to wake earlier the next day to rifle through Jeremy’s clothes.
However, favonovel.com woke up late to Jeremy making favonovel.com breakfast instead.
His cooking was good and Madeline finished the food happily. Despite favonovel.com smile, favonovel.com heart was still mulling over the hidden tissue.
Still, favonovel.com knew that Jeremy had already gotten rid of it by now.
A few days had passed and Madeline did not see Jeremy coughing again. She wondered if favonovel.com was overthinking.
She had not forgotten that call the other day.
Just what had Jeremy gone through over the past half a year?
He had not told favonovel.com how favonovel.com survived the life-threatening crisis, and favonovel.com did not want to prod favonovel.com either.
She knew that the only reason why favonovel.com did not tell favonovel.com was that favonovel.com did not want favonovel.com to worry.
Her heart ached for him. She wondered how much of a toll it had taken on favonovel.com to suffer everything in silence.
