Chapter 243 Are You Not Worried
“Why didn’t you say anything earlier?” he asked in a deep voice as he frowned.
“I did!” she exclaimed and glared at him.
“Who would’ve heard it when your voice is so soft?” he snorted.
She was speechless.
You’re the one who hurt me, yet you’re defending yourself?
“Lie down properly. I’m not done yet,” she said as she tapped his thighs. The moment she did that, his gaze turned dark.
She squeezed some ointments on her fingertips and started applying his back.
He felt the coolness of the ointment as soon as she applied it. Other than the cooling sensation of the ointment, he felt a little numbing sensation.
Something flickered in his eyes as his breathing became labored.
Arissa felt that the atmosphere was getting a little steamy, so she sped up.
She didn’t think much about it when Benjamin was still unconscious, but when he looked at her as she applied the ointment on his body, she couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.
Her face blushed.
“Are you helping me to scratch the areas that itch?” he asked while staring at her with narrowed eyes.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she grinned. “Just a little bit more,” she said and quickly applied the patches on his thighs before she put the ointment away. Right after she had done that, she reached for the blanket and covered him up with it.
Ah… That’s better. I can look at him more normally now.
“Do you want to drink some water?” she asked to break the silence.
Why is he staring at me like that? What is he looking at?
“Mm.”
Arissa quickly adjusted the head of the hospital bed and placed a pillow on his back. Once she was done with that, she turned to pour a glass of water for him.
Benjamin was a little dumbfounded by her obedience. Is she behaving like this out of guilt for what happened to me?
When she put the glass to his mouth, he took a few quick gulps.
“Slow down!” she exclaimed. She was afraid that he would choke.
“Shall I get a straw for you?” she asked.
Benjamin lifted his head and glared at her again. Her heart skipped a beat in response.
“Are you treating me like a child?”
“What? No! It’s easier to drink with a straw in this condition,” she denied while shaking her head immediately.
In fact, that was how she took care of her kids when they were sick. However, she would never tell him that.
Benjamin glanced briefly at her before he took the glass from her and drank on his own.
When Arissa saw how the lump on his throat moved up and down as he drank from the glass, she couldn’t help feeling attracted by that movement.
Her eyes lit up.
Oh? The swelling on his face and neck seems to have reduced.
“Do you want some more?”
“No,” he said and passed the empty glass to her, which she took from him almost immediately and put it aside.
“Would you like to lie down?”
“No. This is fine,” he said and reached for his phone. Benjamin only remembered that he wasn’t wearing anything when he touched his bare thigh.
“Pass me my phone!”
“Okay,” she replied and went to get his pants and dug around for his phone in his pocket. Once she got it, she quickly passed it to him.
When she remembered that she hadn’t updated Ethen about Benjamin’s condition, she quickly took her phone out to type a text message.
She texted him: Mr. Frank, Mr. Graham is awake now. He has gotten a little better, so don’t worry!
“Who are you texting?” Benjamin asked as he glanced at her.
“Mr. Frank. He’s worried sick about you,” she replied and continued to check her phone for any messages that she hadn’t responded to.
Benjamin frowned. “What about you? Aren’t you worried about me?”
“I am!” she blurted out and blushed immediately. “I wasn’t only worried about you. I was scared to death when your body started burning up and fainted.”
Benjamin felt a lot better when she told him that she was worried about him, but his heart sank when he heard the second part.
Ugh. That’s embarrassing.
“Don’t you know that you’re allergic to food like natto? Why did you eat so much anyway?” she nagged.
“I’ve never eaten it before, so I wouldn’t know,” Benjamin replied arrogantly.
Arissa had no way to counter that.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know that you can’t eat that,” she apologized.
His lips curled slightly when he saw how sincerely she was apologizing. His mood became better right away.
“Are you guilty?”
