When everyone left, only Yanny and Shayne were left in the ward.
Shayne got even bolder. He directly grabbed Yanny’s hands and stuffed them under the covers. He smiled in a gangster manner and asked her, “How’s this? Is this warm?”
Yanny just gazed at him, saying nothing.
Shayne took one hand out and waved it in front of her. “Why are you being so cold to me? You’re not smiling. Did I do something wrong to make you angry?”
“... No.” Yanny softened her gaze.
“You’re lying. Since you’re my wife, why does it seem like you’re being a stranger to me? Was our relationship bad previously? Or did I not love you enough?”
Yanny was being bombarded with questions she did not know how to answer. She only said, “You just woke up, rest well.”
“I’ve rest enough. I slept until my head was starting to be dizzy. Talk to me.”
Yanny had nothing to talk to him about. “What should we talk about?”
Shayne put one hand behind his head, the other holding her own. His dark eyes looked at her beautiful face as he said, “Tell me about us. How we fell in love, how we got married. Although I can’t remember, my instincts tell me that I used to abhor the idea of being married and held down. If I married you, I must have loved you terribly.”
Yanny was speechless.
Seeing her stunned, Shayne’s handsome face inched closer to hers. “Am I right?”
Yanny pursed her lips. She asked, “Are you thirsty?”
“A little.”
Yanny poured a cup of water and passed it to him.
Shayne said, “I’m a patient now, feed me.”
“Your hands aren’t broken.”
“Aren’t you my wife?”
Yanny did not know how to explain to him that they were already divorced. It would be messy to explain, so she just ignored the idea of bringing it up. She put the cup to his mouth. “Drink up.”
Shayne then held her hand and obediently drank half the cup.
When he looked at her, his eyes were sparkling as if there was a galaxy in it. His eyes were bright and clear, his love for her almost overflowing.
When Yanny put down the cup, her hand slipped and the cup almost fell to the floor.
Shayne clutched her hand and said, “Why are you being distracted when you’re with me? What are you thinking about?”
“Nothing.”
“Right, by the way, I still don’t know your name.”
“Yanny Joy.”
“That’s a beautiful name,” Shayne said as he smiled.
Yanny accompanied him for a while. Shayne just woke up. His injuries were quite serious so it was actually quite exhausting for him. Soon after, he fell asleep again.
Yanny went to the doctor and asked, “Doctor, is his situation normal?”
The doctor replied, “Yes. Perhaps during the avalanche, there was some concussion and impact to the brain which caused him to show signs of short-term memory loss.”
“When will he regain his memory?”
“I can’t tell for sure. We’ll have to see how well he recovers. But from the CT scan of his brain, the brain injury is not a major problem. It should be temporary.”
…
Shayne slept until the afternoon.
When he woke up, he saw Samantha in front of him.
Shayne was a little anxious and impatiently asked, “Where’s your sister-in-law?”
Samantha said, “Shayne, do you really have memory loss or are you pretending?”
Shayne fiercely glared at her. “I still haven’t asked you whether the thing between you and Rodney is real or not.”
Samantha immediately covered her mouth. “I’ll zip up!”
It was terrifying! She was immediately threatened by him!
Soon after, Yanny brought a thermos from outside into the ward.
Shayne’s darkened expression immediately lit up. He was being extremely cheeky. He tugged on Yanny’s arm and complained, “Where have you been? Is there anything more important than taking care of me? Aren’t you my wife?”
Samantha, by the side, was completely speechless and her jaw dropped. Her brother could change expressions faster than switching tv channels!
Yanny said, “I went back to the hotel to cook some porridge for you. You haven’t eaten in a long while. The doctor said that other than being on a drip, you can only take liquids.”
Yanny opened the thermos and poured a hot bowl of white porridge for him. “Eat up.”
“Feed me.”
Samantha played along and helpfully said, “Yanny, pity my brother a little.”
Yanny grabbed a spoon and scooped a spoonful of porridge to feed him. It was only then that Shayne opened his mouth and ate.
Shayne ate a huge bowl of porridge. It seemed he had a huge appetite.
Shayne made Samantha leave so that he could spend some alone time with Yanny.
Yanny noticed that the jar had no more water, so she took the jar and was about to head out to fill it with some water. Just as she got up, Shayne suddenly came over and kissed her on the lips.
Yanny did not expect that Shayne would suddenly kiss her. She was a little stunned.
Shayne teased, “Why are you looking at me like that as if I’m a gangster? You’re my wife so why can’t I kiss you?”
Yanny was speechless. How did he become a playboy after the accident?
Yanny did not bother to deal with him. She took the jar out of the room to fill it up with water.
She was in a daze a little by the water cooler. She was clearing her mind. It seemed that Shayne could not remember anything at that moment so it had somehow made things more relaxed.
She did not want to bring up the past. They were all unhappy memories.
Yanny brought the jar of water back to the room.
When she just entered, she noticed that Shayne was not on the bed.
Yanny looked directly at her. “After the avalanche, did you leave me a voice message?”
Shayne did not understand why Yanny would suddenly ask him about this, but he still admitted to it. “At that time, I was stuck under the snow for a couple of hours. Halfway through I suddenly gained consciousness so I grabbed my phone and recorded you a voice memo.”
“What did you say to me?”
Yanny lifted her hand and was about to slap him. “Shayne, I’m going to allow you to lie to me one last time.”
His lie was exposed. Shayne’s expression looked a little awkward. “You knew about it.”
“You think if you died, just saying those things would rid you of your guilty conscience?”
Shayne’s thick eyelashes blocked the guilt in his eyes. “I’m sorry, Yanny.”
He apologized like a child who had made a mistake.
He stretched his arm out and tightly hugged Yanny. He promised in a low and hoarse voice, “I will never lie to you again. I will never say anything irresponsible. I will live and slowly repay you to atone for my mistakes. I will never abandon you or ever…leave you.”
After washing up, Yanny helped him out of the toilet.
Samantha carried a basket of fruits in. “Shayne, Yanny, Rodney bought apples! You have to remember to eat them!”
Then, Samantha turned around and wanted to slip away.
Shayne’s cold, low voice rang out. “Stop.”
Samantha felt chills running down her back. She turned her head around, pursed her lips, and smiled obediently, “Brother, you can come down the bed already? Looks like your body is in good condition.”
Shayne swept a glance at the basket. He said gloomily, “I just woke up, puked out the porridge, and yet Rodney wants me to eat apples? Does he not want me to get better?”
Samantha looked at Yanny, asking for help. She knew that Shayne was not pleased with this ‘brother-in-law’.
Being pals, they could play together in any way as long as they had the same values, being in life and death together.
However, to become Shayne’s brother-in-law was a completely different matter.
Yanny immediately pacified the situation and said, “You just woke up, don’t nag at Samantha. He’s already together with Samantha. Even if you want to deal with it, now is not the moment.”
Samantha nodded furiously and agreed. “Yanny is right, Shayne. Get well soon. I’ll come to see you later!”
Then, she immediately ran off.
Shayne had no more temper looking at Yanny. He grumbled, “Rodney dared to take Samantha away from under my eyes. When I recover, I’ll make him pay!”
Yanny helped him to bed, only listening to him as she said, “Samantha’s not young anymore. She has her own opinions.”
“Forget about it, let’s not talk about them.”
Shayne looked at the apples by the side. He stretched his arm out and grabbed one.
Yanny furrowed her brows. “You still dare to eat the apple?”
Shayne took a knife over, sat on his bed, and peeled the apple skin. He raised his eyebrows and smiled, “Can’t I peel the apple skin for my wife?”
Yanny ignored him and let him be.
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