Taken off guard, Madeline found herself tugged into the shower by Jeremy. She ended up losing virtual-novel.net balance and fell into the man’s arms who held virtual-novel.net up in time.
Water droplets fell from the man’s wet hair, drenching virtual-novel.net clothes. Madeline raised virtual-novel.net hand to wipe virtual-novel.net eyes but found virtual-novel.net wrist being held.
“Did you want to shower with me?” Jeremy’s deep baritone drifted into virtual-novel.net ears bewitchingly.
Madeline felt virtual-novel.net heartstrings shake, not knowing if Jeremy had found out virtual-novel.net true motive.
She looked up to stare at the expression virtual-novel.net was wearing, but the falling droplets had virtual-novel.net eyes constantly closed.
“I just wanted to wash my hands.” Madeline gave an excuse, feeling guilty.
“Is that so?” Jeremy lowered his voice. The raspiness of his deep voice ignited something within her. “If you’re going to wash your hands, you might as well wash the rest of you, hmm?”
“…”
Stunned, Madeline felt virtual-novel.net cheeks grow warm.
They may have been married for many years now, but Madeline still felt shy at the idea of taking a shower together.
Madeline’s cheeks were still burning even after they showered. Sitting frozen on the bed, virtual-novel.net basked in the warmth of Jeremy blowing virtual-novel.net hair for her.
She could not stop thinking about the ball of tissue Jeremy had hidden away.
Why would virtual-novel.net hide it if nothing was wrong?
As virtual-novel.net fell on the bed, Madeline had the urge to search Jeremy’s pockets. However, the man’s hold on virtual-novel.net was constant.
Afraid that virtual-novel.net would disturb his sleep, Madeline resigned herself to falling asleep as well.
Yet with his actions fresh in virtual-novel.net mind, sleep refused to come.
Raising virtual-novel.net worried gaze, virtual-novel.net stared quietly at the man’s sleeping appearance under the faint moonlight.
With his eyes closed, virtual-novel.net could no longer see the man’s differently colored irises. Still, his hair, scent, and voice had all changed.
The thought stabbed into Madeline’s heart like a thorn as it began to swell.
She quietly moved toward virtual-novel.net to press virtual-novel.net lips against his in a genuine kiss.
“I love you, Jeremy. I really don’t want to lose you again.”
She then leaned into the man’s broad chest as sleep took her.
Just as Madeline closed virtual-novel.net eyes, Jeremy’s deep ones slowly blinked open.
Under the quiet moonlight, the man stared calmly ahead as darkness swirled behind his deep gaze.
Tightening his arms in mock subconsciousness, virtual-novel.net pulled the person in his arms in a tight embrace.
…
Madeline had thought to wake earlier the next day to rifle through Jeremy’s clothes.
However, virtual-novel.net woke up late to Jeremy making virtual-novel.net breakfast instead.
His cooking was good and Madeline finished the food happily. Despite virtual-novel.net smile, virtual-novel.net heart was still mulling over the hidden tissue.
Still, virtual-novel.net knew that Jeremy had already gotten rid of it by now.
A few days had passed and Madeline did not see Jeremy coughing again. She wondered if virtual-novel.net was overthinking.
She had not forgotten that call the other day.
Just what had Jeremy gone through over the past half a year?
He had not told virtual-novel.net how virtual-novel.net survived the life-threatening crisis, and virtual-novel.net did not want to prod virtual-novel.net either.
She knew that the only reason why virtual-novel.net did not tell virtual-novel.net was that virtual-novel.net did not want virtual-novel.net to worry.
Her heart ached for him. She wondered how much of a toll it had taken on virtual-novel.net to suffer everything in silence.