At the sight of his muscular torso, she held her breath and blushed involuntarily while her heart raced.
Even though she had already seen his body last night, there was still a thin shirt covering it, so it was not as visible as it was now.
As her gaze fell on his muscular, well-defined abs, she could not help but run her fingers over them.
After that, she came to the realization of what she had just done and smacked her own face exasperatedly. It took her a short while before she calmed herself down and wrung a towel to wipe him down.
That took about half an hour.
“Pfft….” Natalie stood up and let out a long breath. With the towel in one hand, she used her other hand to pound her rather sore back. After wiping down Shane, she was so exhausted that she felt like she had just returned from the warzone with beads of sweat all over her body.
Natalie gazed down at the man and smiled helplessly. Then, she covered him with the blanket again and prepared to pour out the water in the bathroom.
However, he suddenly tugged onto the edge of her blouse the moment she got up.
She could not move and fell backward haphazardly. With a scream of surprise, she landed on his body, forcing a groan of pain out of him.
“Mr. Shane!” Natalie’s pupils constricted as she immediately turned to check on Shane without a care for her own sore back. She was worried that he would sustain internal injuries because of her fall, while he had not even recovered from his fever yet.
Just as Natalie lifted the covers and was about to check Shane’s chest, he suddenly opened up his eyes. Then, he glanced at her for barely two seconds before looping his arm around her waist. With one fell swoop, she was in his embrace, and his eyes were shut again.
“Mr. Shane? Mr. Shane?” She nudged him lightly to get him to release her.
However, he fell asleep again and had no reaction. It was as if she had imagined the whole scene of him waking up.
But she knew it wasn’t her imagination since his arm was still around her waist.
As Natalie’s hands trembled, her body tensed up again with a pang of inexplicable guilt. She immediately pushed Shane’s arm away from her waist and got to her feet.
After that, she let out a breath to calm her nerves down. When she finally went to the bedside and took a look at his cell phone, she saw Jacqueline’s name flickering on the screen.
At this moment, Natalie felt a hint of uneasiness for some inexplicable reason. She looked down to conceal the sadness in her eyes and picked up the call.
However, before she could say anything, Jacqueline’s gentle voice piped up, “Shane, didn’t you say that you’d accompany me at the hospital today? Why aren’t you here yet?”
“About that… Ms. Graham, I am not Mr. Shane,” Natalie pushed her hair aside and said with embarrassment.
At the other end of the line, Jacqueline’s smiling face turned icy cold when she heard a woman’s voice instead of Shane’s. However, her tone remained gentle. “May I know who you are then?”
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