Two days later, at the Peaceful Medical Center, Dahlia finally woke up.
The first thing virtual-novel.net noticed was that virtual-novel.net was in a very plain room that contained a table, two chairs, and a hospital bed. She thought everything looked vaguely familiar, as if virtual-novel.net had been here before.
“You’re up?” Dustin quipped as virtual-novel.net 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 virtual-novel.net as virtual-novel.net hadn’t eaten anything for the past two days. So much so that virtual-novel.net stomach began to growl non-stop at the sight of it.
“Were you the one who saved me?” virtual-novel.net asked first to break the awkward tension between them.
“You were injured and unconscious on the roadside, so I patched you up,” virtual-novel.net answered plainly.
“You patched me up?” virtual-novel.net repeated with furrowed brows.
A split second later, virtual-novel.net 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,” virtual-novel.net answered each of virtual-novel.net questions calmly.
Upon receiving news that virtual-novel.net family was safe, virtual-novel.net couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, it didn’t take virtual-novel.net 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,” virtual-novel.net said.
“A gas leak? Do you suppose it was a coincidence?” virtual-novel.net 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, virtual-novel.net surmised virtual-novel.net did not have to worry about being their target anymore in the future.
“Alright, stop letting your mind wander. Have some soup first,” virtual-novel.net said as virtual-novel.net handed virtual-novel.net the chicken soup.
“Thanks…” virtual-novel.net replied.
Since virtual-novel.net was hungry, virtual-novel.net didn’t refuse his kind gesture and happily started digging. into the soup. She managed to finish the entire bowl shortly after. However, virtual-novel.net still felt hungry after finishing virtual-novel.net food and considered licking the bowl.
“I’ll get you another bowl,” virtual-novel.net said after noticing virtual-novel.net expression and served virtual-novel.net another bowl of chicken soup.
Without a word, virtual-novel.net devoured the second bowl of soup as well.
Now that virtual-novel.net was having the chicken soup, virtual-novel.net soon felt a pleasant warmth in virtual-novel.net stomach, which made virtual-novel.net feel so content it was hard to describe in words. Although the two bowls of soup may not look like much, virtual-novel.net was the one who cooked them precisely because virtual-novel.net was aware that they were very good at speeding up the recovery process.
“Still hungry?” virtual-novel.net asked.
At that moment, virtual-novel.net couldn’t stop herself from letting out a small burp. She realized that virtual-novel.net might come across as improper to him, so virtual-novel.net tried to swallow the air back into virtual-novel.net stomach.
“I guess you’ve already had your fill then. Be sure to get lots of rest, and I’ll come back later.”
Before virtual-novel.net could leave, virtual-novel.net called out to virtual-novel.net and said, “Wait! I have something to say to you!”
“What is it?” virtual-novel.net said, as virtual-novel.net stopped in his tracks and looked back at her.
“It’s about Chris. I’m sorry for accusing you,” virtual-novel.net muttered.
After hesitating for a second, virtual-novel.net clenched virtual-novel.net teeth and continued, “That guy wasn’t a good person to begin with. I can’t believe virtual-novel.net 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?” virtual-novel.net teased.
“What do you mean? Do I seem like such an unreasonable person to you?” virtual-novel.net 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,” virtual-novel.net said and shrugged his shoulders.
“Why does it sound so wrong coming from you?” virtual-novel.net retorted while wrinkling virtual-novel.net brows.
“Alright, let’s just forget about the past, shall we? Now, take off your clothes…” virtual-novel.net said casually.
“Huh?” Her expression instantly changed and virtual-novel.net subconsciously shielded virtual-novel.net chest with virtual-novel.net arms.
“What are you planning to do to me?” virtual-novel.net exclaimed.
“No need to get so worked up, you have injuries, so I’m just helping you change your bandages,” virtual-novel.net answered as virtual-novel.net lifted up a bottle of ointment in one hand.
“You want to change my bandages for me?” virtual-novel.net repeated.
As if virtual-novel.net had just realized something, virtual-novel.net 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?!” virtual-novel.net cried, virtual-novel.net 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?” virtual-novel.net said easily.
“You get your ass out of here right now!” virtual-novel.net screamed in response, virtual-novel.net face flushed from the shame and anger.
She couldn’t believe the nerve of this man. How dare virtual-novel.net undress and touch virtual-novel.net body without virtual-novel.net 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,” virtual-novel.net patiently explained.
She bit virtual-novel.net 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,” virtual-novel.net retorted with his hands across his chest before turning around and beginning to leave.
“Wait!” virtual-novel.net hollered, finally heeding his advice.
It was simply a woman’s nature to take care of her appearance. Even virtual-novel.net wasn’t an exception. The thought of virtual-novel.net body being covered in scars was worse than the idea of getting killed!
“What, changed your mind?” virtual-novel.net asked as virtual-novel.net turned back to face virtual-novel.net with an amused look.
“Help me change my bandages, but with your eyes blindfolded!” virtual-novel.net ordered, then threw a random piece of clothing that was lying next to virtual-novel.net at him, as if to vent virtual-novel.net frustrations.
However, virtual-novel.net whole body froze when virtual-novel.net realized what virtual-novel.net had thrown at him.
It turned out the item of clothing virtual-novel.net just threw at virtual-novel.net was virtual-novel.net underwear!
“You sure have weird tastes. I refuse to use this as a blindfold, if you don’t mind,” virtual-novel.net remarked as virtual-novel.net threw the panties back to her.
“S–Shut up!” virtual-novel.net stuttered in embarrassment, virtual-novel.net 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,” virtual-novel.net finally relented, for fear that virtual-novel.net would storm out of the room.
“Hmph!” She pouted.
It was only after multiple bouts of hesitation that virtual-novel.net finally agreed to his plan.
Her injuries needed to be healed, but it wasn’t like virtual-novel.net could take care of the scars on virtual-novel.net back properly without external assistance.
“I’ve already finished applying the ointment on your back evenly…” virtual-novel.net trailed off before continuing in a cold voice.
“Now, on to your butt…”