Ranita felt extremely guilty.
Brendon was already injured, with internal injuries no less, and she had been fooling around with him so carelessly that she ended up hurting him even more.
She really didn’t know how to be careful.
“I’m sorry Brendon! I won’t play around with you like that anymore!” Ranita said apologetically.
Upon hearing this, Brendon immediately felt uneasy.
“It doesn’t hurt!” he paused for a moment before quickly explaining, “It wasn’t you who caused it, it was there before.”
“Really?” Ranita asked skeptically. “I remember…”
“It’s from the collision earlier!” Brendon quickly put on his clothes and reached out to rest his hand on her shoulder. “I’m a little out of breath. Can you help me over there?”
After Brendon lay down, he tugged at the woman’s small hand. “Ranita, stay with me for a while.”
Ranita pursed her lips. “I should go back. You rest well! If you’re hungry, ask Allen to buy you food, or let me know.”
“Ranita…”
Brendon held onto her hand, his gaze dark and intense. After a while, he said, “Then help me apply some ointment. My back is still itchy!”
It was hard to refuse this request.
Ranita quietly applied the ointment for him, and she also took some herbal medicine to help alleviate the bruise on his chest.
Ranita was conflicted.
Between her and Brendon, they were technically divorced as a married couple, yet they weren’t like typical lovers either.
She was also conflicted herself.
Because of her deep love for him, she still held onto expectations and unrealistic fantasies. But reality… Ranita thought of Shannon, and all the passion seemed to fade into tranquility.
“Ranita…” Suddenly, a resentful voice sounded.
Ranita snapped back to reality and met the man’s dark and turbulent eyes. They were deep and dangerous, familiar yet unsettling.
“What are you doing?” Ranita’s back stiffened under his gaze, and her forehead flushed with heat.
After all, they had been a married couple for many years, and Ranita knew exactly what he was thinking just by the expression he was making.
“Shouldn’t I be asking you? Your hand…” Reminded by him, Ranita lowered her eyes and was instantly terrified.
Her hand was massaging the man’s abdominal muscles!
Her fingers were scalded, and Ranita quickly withdrew her hand, awkwardly biting her lip. “I’m sorry…”
“It wasn’t intentional!”
Ranita felt so guilty!
She really didn’t do it on purpose. She just got too lost in her thoughts, and her hand unknowingly reached Brendon’s abdominal muscles…
Ranita wanted to explain, but she heard the man’s meaningful words, “Hmm, it certainly wasn’t intentional.”
“Brendon!” If Ranita had a mustache, it would probably be curling up in frustration! She wanted to run, but Brendon quickly stopped her and whispered, “Just kidding.”
“Don’t be angry.”
“I’m not angry…” Ranita really wasn’t angry. Her feelings for Brendon were a separate matter, and she was grateful to Brendon for saving Ayaan.
Just as she thought of Ayaan, he actually arrived.
The little one with short legs ran very fast and threw himself into Ranita’s arms. “Mommy, what are you and Daddy doing?”
“Why isn’t Daddy wearing clothes?!”
Ranita was about to explain when the door to the ward was forcefully pushed open, and Jedidiah burst in, shouting angrily, “Brendon, what did you do to my sister just now?”
Jedidiah entered with a furious expression, covering Ayaan’s eyes and reminding him, “Don’t look, kid, you might get infected!”
“Brendon, put your clothes on!”