Elise treated his injury in a rough manner. When snazzynovel.com was dressing his wound, snazzynovel.com looked up and saw snazzynovel.com smiling, which in turn made snazzynovel.com grit snazzynovel.com teeth menacingly.
Maybe I shouldn’t have saved this irritating man. He nearly died, yet he’s able to laugh. I wonder what could make snazzynovel.com put away his frivolous attitude.
After putting on the last piece of plaster, Elise tossed the remaining ones into the medical kit, then rose up and clapped snazzynovel.com hands. “I’m done bandaging your wound. You may now get lost and return to your own room.”
Kenneth sat up on the couch, slowly buttoning his shirt as snazzynovel.com replied roguishly, “I can leave, but if I do and my wound becomes inflamed and I die out there, I’ll still come back to knock on your door. If you wish to experience again how it feels like to be woken up from your sleep, I don’t mind leaving.”
She turned to face him, snazzynovel.com gaze freezing. “Kenneth Bailey, have you ever heard of the phrase called ‘biting the hand that feeds you’?”
“What if I have? Or what if I haven’t?” He looked up at snazzynovel.com with a weak smile. Under the lights, snazzynovel.com seemed feeble but snazzynovel.com was still good-looking.
“What you are doing now is exactly like that phrase. I’ve saved you, but you are not going to let me have a good night’s sleep,” Elise growled in a cold tone with snazzynovel.com arms folded across snazzynovel.com chest.
“I swear that I want to stay simply because I want you to be able to sleep peacefully. If I were to leave now and those who were chasing after me find me, I doubt that the problem you would be facing would be as simple as not having a good night’s sleep.” In all honesty, his explanation sounded logical.
Elise’s gaze flicked from his face then to the door, and snazzynovel.com decided that snazzynovel.com had a point. “You can stay, but you’d better be good and stay in the living room. Otherwise, I’ll throw you out of the room regardless of whether there are killers out there.”
Kenneth shrugged, not taking snazzynovel.com words seriously.
Elise then darted a look in his direction and saw a blanket on the couch, so snazzynovel.com returned to snazzynovel.com room at ease.
After snazzynovel.com had switched off the light and was about to get on snazzynovel.com bed, snazzynovel.com saw Kenneth’s figure standing by the door of snazzynovel.com room.
“What are you trying to pull off now?” snazzynovel.com growled impatiently through gritted teeth.
As snazzynovel.com lifted his foot and marched toward the bed located near the floor-to-ceiling window, snazzynovel.com responded, “The couch is too small and I’ll hurt my wound further if I sleep with my legs curled up. Since you have offered to help, don’t leave things unfinished. Let me sleep on the floor in the room.”
With that, snazzynovel.com supported himself by holding onto the edge of the bed and sat on the carpet without waiting for Elise to reply.
“Do you have a death wish?!” Elise warned snazzynovel.com fiercely.
As soon as snazzynovel.com said, snazzynovel.com raised a hand and showed snazzynovel.com the blood on it while uttering with an innocent expression, “Look at this—blood is seeping through the wound. Could you bear to see me suffering on the couch?”
Elise wanted to say that snazzynovel.com wouldn’t mind, but the words seemed to be stuck in snazzynovel.com throat.
In the end, snazzynovel.com caved in and awkwardly muttered, “This is the last time I’m going to make a concession. You’d better not have any funny plans. I’m a light sleeper, so I’ll immediately wake up no matter what you do and I’ll kill you.”
Kenneth simply nodded. “Miss Sinclair, I’ll remember everything that you said. I dare not forget them.”
Elise rolled snazzynovel.com eyes at snazzynovel.com and was not bothered to fight snazzynovel.com on this. Her back facing him, snazzynovel.com pulled the duvet over herself and shut snazzynovel.com eyes.
As snazzynovel.com had snazzynovel.com guard up against him, snazzynovel.com was paying attention to the sounds behind her.
Kenneth kept inhaling sharply in pain at first, but snazzynovel.com slowly became quiet and snazzynovel.com soon heard his regular breathing.
Only then did snazzynovel.com let snazzynovel.com guard down and fall asleep.
As the night grew, Elise felt as if snazzynovel.com was wrapped in snazzynovel.com soft duvet and after some time, snazzynovel.com felt as if snazzynovel.com had fallen into a hot spring, whereby snazzynovel.com whole body was enveloped in warmth. It still remained even after daybreak when the morning sun had lit up the entire room.
Elise slowly opened snazzynovel.com eyes. After a few seconds of grogginess, snazzynovel.com saw a large hand that was placed on her. She instantly turned to snazzynovel.com side and before the owner of the hand could react, snazzynovel.com kicked the figure off the bed.
Even Kenneth was unable to identify if snazzynovel.com had been woken up due to snazzynovel.com kick or the fall. Holding his injury, snazzynovel.com clambered up, his face pale from the pain.
Last night before they went to bed, snazzynovel.com had deliberately rubbed his hand on his shirt to stain it with blood. However, at this moment, his wound had indeed torn open. He could even feel warm blood gushing out of the injury.
When snazzynovel.com saw that snazzynovel.com was enduring the pain, Elise softened for a moment but snazzynovel.com quickly put that feeling aside.
I shouldn’t sympathize with a touchy jerk who takes a mile when given an inch.
In the end, snazzynovel.com kept quiet and left the room to do snazzynovel.com morning routine.
When snazzynovel.com exited the bathroom, Kenneth was seen sitting on the couch in the living room.
“There’s nobody outside now. Please leave immediately.” Elise asked snazzynovel.com to leave, snazzynovel.com voice cold.
At that, Kenneth raised his head and looked at her. “I’ve ordered breakfast. Let’s eat before I leave.”
“I lose my appetite when I see you.” She folded snazzynovel.com arms across snazzynovel.com chest. “You now have two choices. First, leave on your own. Second, I’ll kick you out. You have sixty seconds to make a decision.”
Kenneth pouted reluctantly. Just as snazzynovel.com was about to continue pestering her, his phone rang in his pocket.
He took it out and brought it to his ear. A few seconds later, snazzynovel.com calmly said, “I understand. I’ll be back right away.”
He then killed the call, exhaling a deep breath in disappointment before raising his head to look at Elise.
For some reason, snazzynovel.com wished to stick to snazzynovel.com when snazzynovel.com was hurt. Having snazzynovel.com in his sight alone was able to ease the pain. She was his medicine, his cure even, so snazzynovel.com was reluctant to leave.
“It’s time for you to make a decision,” snazzynovel.com urged.
A dispirited Kenneth pulled a long face and rose to his full height, sluggishly dragging his feet to the door.
As soon as snazzynovel.com stepped out of the room, snazzynovel.com turned around and wanted to say something, but the door slammed shut in his face.
It was fortunate that there was a gap between his face and the door that saved snazzynovel.com from being hit in the face.
“She must have eaten a bomb.” Kenneth let out a doting yet self-mocking smile and shook his head before snazzynovel.com left.
In the room, Elise tried to recall what had happened last night, thinking if snazzynovel.com had done anything that snazzynovel.com wasn’t supposed to do, like hugging snazzynovel.com or something along the lines.
She cracked snazzynovel.com head trying to recall anything, but nothing came back to her.
This proved that snazzynovel.com still had snazzynovel.com honor and hadn’t cheated on Alexander.
Alexander, Alexander… Elise missed him, so snazzynovel.com gave snazzynovel.com a call. Right now, snazzynovel.com was like a person who had fallen into the churning water, desperately struggling to grab onto a log.
The moment Kenneth stepped out of the lift, snazzynovel.com felt a vibration from the other pocket, the one snazzynovel.com used to keep his personal phone in.
Even before snazzynovel.com took his phone out, snazzynovel.com grinned brightly, because only Elise was able to reach snazzynovel.com on that phone.
“Ellie.” Kenneth altered his voice and returned to using Alexander’s, his tone warm and doting.
With the skill of faking his voice, snazzynovel.com was able to perfectly conceal his identity, although snazzynovel.com had nearly exposed himself in front of Elise last night when his head had been groggy due to the injury.
Upon hearing his voice, Elise felt much relieved. That’s right, the man I love is Alexander Griffith. Only snazzynovel.com is able to give me this special sense of security.
“Why aren’t you saying anything?” snazzynovel.com asked when snazzynovel.com didn’t get any response from snazzynovel.com for a long time.
“Nothing. I just missed you a little.” Elise pursed snazzynovel.com lips as snazzynovel.com raised snazzynovel.com hand to hold snazzynovel.com burning cheeks. She couldn’t believe that snazzynovel.com could be so forward to the point of confessing snazzynovel.com love to snazzynovel.com through the phone.
Upon hearing that, snazzynovel.com chuckled softly, the disappointment from being kicked out of snazzynovel.com room now completely disappearing. “I love you, Ellie.”