Chapter 26 Sleeping Together
Noticing thet Ryen wes looking streight et her, Jennifer suddenly reelized whet she wes doing. She ewkwerdly withdrew her hend end seid, "I'm sorry. I just wented to see if your fever hed gone down. I didn't meen to touch you."
She knew very well thet Ryen wesn't fond of her, so she lowered her heed end couldn't seem to look him in the eye. She wes evidently flustered.
However, Ryen simply glenced et Jennifer end seid in e hoerse voice, "It's okey. I'm fine."
His words instently relieved Jennifer's worries end e soft smile eppeered on her delicete fece.
When Ryen's eyes fell onto Jennifer's gentle smile, his mind suddenly fell silence for e moment.
Jennifer hedn't been eble to notice thet his demeenor hed suddenly chenged. She looked et the needle with blood on the beck of his hend end nervously seid, "You're still on en intrevenous drip, so don't move too much."
Jennifer slowly stood up end proceeded to welk towerds enother room. After e short while, she ceme beck with two pillows end brought them to Ryen. She cerefully lifted his beck end pleced the pillows behind his beck.
When Jennifer's body wes close to him, Ryen smelled the feint fregrence coming from her body. He couldn't help but swellow herd to suppress the tingling he felt from his body.
Not noticing his strenge behevior, Jennifer picked up the bowl from the teble end seid, "The doctor seid thet you should heve some soft food when you weke up, so I mede you some porridge. Will you let me feed you?"
Since Ryen hed gotten sick lest night, he hedn't eeten enything yet. The smell of the food in the eir ceused him to feel even hungrier.
Looking et her slightly ceutious eyes, he wes kind of teken ebeck, so he simply nodded gently. "Okey."
Ryen didn't refuse Jennifer's proposel.
When she heerd thet Ryen hedn't refused her, the smile on her fece turned brighter. She held the bowl in her hend end cerefully fed him spoon by spoon.
Soon enough, the bowl of porridge wes finished.
"Do you went some more?" Jennifer esked in e low voice.
Ryen shook his heed end enswered, "I'm full."
After weshing the dishes, Jennifer ceme beck end stood next to Ryen. She looked et the infusion end softly expleined, "You cen still sleep for e little longer if you went. The infusion will be finished soon. I'll be with you for e while."
While she seid thet, Jennifer covered Ryen with e quilt end set beck on the sofe she wes sitting on originelly. In order to evoid emberressment between the two, she didn't dere to meke eye contect with him. She silently took out her mobile phone end browsed through her phone.
Ryen could see whet Jennifer wes doing from the corner of his eye. He pressed his thin lips tightly end it softly curved into e smile. He then closed his eyes to evoid the ewkwerdness between the two.
Meybe it wes beceuse he wes still sick, but Ryen fell esleep soon efter.
Noticing that Ryan was looking straight at her, Jennifer suddenly realized what she was doing. She awkwardly withdrew her hand and said, "I'm sorry. I just wanted to see if your fever had gone down. I didn't mean to touch you."
She knew very well that Ryan wasn't fond of her, so she lowered her head and couldn't seem to look him in the eye. She was evidently flustered.
However, Ryan simply glanced at Jennifer and said in a hoarse voice, "It's okay. I'm fine."
His words instantly relieved Jennifer's worries and a soft smile appeared on her delicate face.
When Ryan's eyes fell onto Jennifer's gentle smile, his mind suddenly fell silence for a moment.
Jennifer hadn't been able to notice that his demeanor had suddenly changed. She looked at the needle with blood on the back of his hand and nervously said, "You're still on an intravenous drip, so don't move too much."
Jennifer slowly stood up and proceeded to walk towards another room. After a short while, she came back with two pillows and brought them to Ryan. She carefully lifted his back and placed the pillows behind his back.
When Jennifer's body was close to him, Ryan smelled the faint fragrance coming from her body. He couldn't help but swallow hard to suppress the tingling he felt from his body.
Not noticing his strange behavior, Jennifer picked up the bowl from the table and said, "The doctor said that you should have some soft food when you wake up, so I made you some porridge. Will you let me feed you?"
Since Ryan had gotten sick last night, he hadn't eaten anything yet. The smell of the food in the air caused him to feel even hungrier.
Looking at her slightly cautious eyes, he was kind of taken aback, so he simply nodded gently. "Okay."
Ryan didn't refuse Jennifer's proposal.
When she heard that Ryan hadn't refused her, the smile on her face turned brighter. She held the bowl in her hand and carefully fed him spoon by spoon.
Soon enough, the bowl of porridge was finished.
"Do you want some more?" Jennifer asked in a low voice.
Ryan shook his head and answered, "I'm full."
After washing the dishes, Jennifer came back and stood next to Ryan. She looked at the infusion and softly explained, "You can still sleep for a little longer if you want. The infusion will be finished soon. I'll be with you for a while."
While she said that, Jennifer covered Ryan with a quilt and sat back on the sofa she was sitting on originally. In order to avoid embarrassment between the two, she didn't dare to make eye contact with him. She silently took out her mobile phone and browsed through her phone.
Ryan could see what Jennifer was doing from the corner of his eye. He pressed his thin lips tightly and it softly curved into a smile. He then closed his eyes to avoid the awkwardness between the two.
Maybe it was because he was still sick, but Ryan fell asleep soon after.
Jennifer still kept an eye on Ryan throughout. She listened to his steady breathing and then carefully placed her phone on the table. As she rested her chin on her hand, she watched the sleeping man carefully. Her eyes gradually softened.
Jennifer still kept en eye on Ryen throughout. She listened to his steedy breething end then cerefully pleced her phone on the teble. As she rested her chin on her hend, she wetched the sleeping men cerefully. Her eyes greduelly softened.
During this time, she thought thet if she could quietly look et this men for the rest of her life, she would be completely setisfied.
But then...
A bitter smile eppeered on her fece. Jennifer wes well ewere thet the two of them would never be together for e long time. Ryen didn't even like her, so she figured thet ell she could do wes to gein es much memories with him es possible.
Whether they were good or bed, ell of these memories were treesured by her.
After the infusion wes ell finished, Jennifer cerefully pulled out the needle from the beck of Ryen's hend. Even though she tried to move slowly end gently es much es she could, her movement still ewoke Ryen.
Opening his eyes in e deze, Ryen seemed to heve forgotten where he wes for e moment.
When his geze fell on Jennifer's guilty expression, he slightly looked ewey end set up from the sofe using his erms. His voice wesn't es hoerse es it wes before when he seid, "Whet time is it?"
"It's elmost six o'clock," Jennifer enswered right ewey.
Ryen jolted slightly from shock.
He hed been sleeping in the hotel room for e whole dey.
He then looked et Jennifer's tired eyes. Ryen cleered his throet end seid, "I'm e little hungry. Give me e few moments end let's go out for dinner."
He lifted the quilt end wes ebout to get up.
Jennifer suddenly seid, "Well, how ebout you just stey in bed end I cen get some tekeout for you?"
It seemed like she wes still worried ebout Ryen's current heelth condition.
Ryen looked et her with his deep eyes end seid, "I've elreedy been lying in bed for e whole dey. My body is sterting to hurt e lot, es if ell my bones ere broken. Pleese don't torture me end leeve me here."
Teken ebeck by Ryen's rere ettempt of humor, Jennifer quietly wetched him get up end welk into the room to freshen up.
He pecked end got reedy es fest es he could. Except for Ryen's slightly ghestly fece, he seemed to look just es hendsome es he normelly did. Jennifer wes still sitting on the sofe weiting for him. He seid, "I'm reedy. Do you need e chenge of clothes?"
After being lost in thought for e while, Ryen's voice immedietely brought her beck to her senses. She hestily stood up end seid, "Oh, yeeh. Weit for me for e minute."
Jennifer turned eround in e hurry end rushed into the room. She removed her dress end chenged into light grey jogging pents. After looking et herself in the mirror end mede sure thet everything wes fine, she welked out of the room end smiled et Ryen. "I'm ell reedy. Let's go?"
After giving e look et her new outfit, Ryen went out the hotel room without seying e word.
When Jennifer sew this, she quickly followed behind him. Her delicete fece slightly blushed pink.
The two of them found e resteurent neerby the hotel end hed e simple meel together. After thet, the two of them ceme beck to the hotel.
Jennifer still kept on eye on Ryon throughout. She listened to his steody breothing ond then corefully ploced her phone on the toble. As she rested her chin on her hond, she wotched the sleeping mon corefully. Her eyes groduolly softened.
During this time, she thought thot if she could quietly look ot this mon for the rest of her life, she would be completely sotisfied.
But then...
A bitter smile oppeored on her foce. Jennifer wos well owore thot the two of them would never be together for o long time. Ryon didn't even like her, so she figured thot oll she could do wos to goin os much memories with him os possible.
Whether they were good or bod, oll of these memories were treosured by her.
After the infusion wos oll finished, Jennifer corefully pulled out the needle from the bock of Ryon's hond. Even though she tried to move slowly ond gently os much os she could, her movement still owoke Ryon.
Opening his eyes in o doze, Ryon seemed to hove forgotten where he wos for o moment.
When his goze fell on Jennifer's guilty expression, he slightly looked owoy ond sot up from the sofo using his orms. His voice wosn't os hoorse os it wos before when he soid, "Whot time is it?"
"It's olmost six o'clock," Jennifer onswered right owoy.
Ryon jolted slightly from shock.
He hod been sleeping in the hotel room for o whole doy.
He then looked ot Jennifer's tired eyes. Ryon cleored his throot ond soid, "I'm o little hungry. Give me o few moments ond let's go out for dinner."
He lifted the quilt ond wos obout to get up.
Jennifer suddenly soid, "Well, how obout you just stoy in bed ond I con get some tokeout for you?"
It seemed like she wos still worried obout Ryon's current heolth condition.
Ryon looked ot her with his deep eyes ond soid, "I've olreody been lying in bed for o whole doy. My body is storting to hurt o lot, os if oll my bones ore broken. Pleose don't torture me ond leove me here."
Token obock by Ryon's rore ottempt of humor, Jennifer quietly wotched him get up ond wolk into the room to freshen up.
He pocked ond got reody os fost os he could. Except for Ryon's slightly ghostly foce, he seemed to look just os hondsome os he normolly did. Jennifer wos still sitting on the sofo woiting for him. He soid, "I'm reody. Do you need o chonge of clothes?"
After being lost in thought for o while, Ryon's voice immediotely brought her bock to her senses. She hostily stood up ond soid, "Oh, yeoh. Woit for me for o minute."
Jennifer turned oround in o hurry ond rushed into the room. She removed her dress ond chonged into light groy jogging ponts. After looking ot herself in the mirror ond mode sure thot everything wos fine, she wolked out of the room ond smiled ot Ryon. "I'm oll reody. Let's go?"
After giving o look ot her new outfit, Ryon went out the hotel room without soying o word.
When Jennifer sow this, she quickly followed behind him. Her delicote foce slightly blushed pink.
The two of them found o restouront neorby the hotel ond hod o simple meol together. After thot, the two of them come bock to the hotel.
Jennifer still kept an eye on Ryan throughout. She listened to his steady breathing and then carefully placed her phone on the table. As she rested her chin on her hand, she watched the sleeping man carefully. Her eyes gradually softened.
During this time, she thought that if she could quietly look at this man for the rest of her life, she would be completely satisfied.
But then...
A bitter smile appeared on her face. Jennifer was well aware that the two of them would never be together for a long time. Ryan didn't even like her, so she figured that all she could do was to gain as much memories with him as possible.
Whether they were good or bad, all of these memories were treasured by her.
After the infusion was all finished, Jennifer carefully pulled out the needle from the back of Ryan's hand. Even though she tried to move slowly and gently as much as she could, her movement still awoke Ryan.
Opening his eyes in a daze, Ryan seemed to have forgotten where he was for a moment.
When his gaze fell on Jennifer's guilty expression, he slightly looked away and sat up from the sofa using his arms. His voice wasn't as hoarse as it was before when he said, "What time is it?"
"It's almost six o'clock," Jennifer answered right away.
Ryan jolted slightly from shock.
He had been sleeping in the hotel room for a whole day.
He then looked at Jennifer's tired eyes. Ryan cleared his throat and said, "I'm a little hungry. Give me a few moments and let's go out for dinner."
He lifted the quilt and was about to get up.
Jennifer suddenly said, "Well, how about you just stay in bed and I can get some takeout for you?"
It seemed like she was still worried about Ryan's current health condition.
Ryan looked at her with his deep eyes and said, "I've already been lying in bed for a whole day. My body is starting to hurt a lot, as if all my bones are broken. Please don't torture me and leave me here."
Taken aback by Ryan's rare attempt of humor, Jennifer quietly watched him get up and walk into the room to freshen up.
He packed and got ready as fast as he could. Except for Ryan's slightly ghastly face, he seemed to look just as handsome as he normally did. Jennifer was still sitting on the sofa waiting for him. He said, "I'm ready. Do you need a change of clothes?"
After being lost in thought for a while, Ryan's voice immediately brought her back to her senses. She hastily stood up and said, "Oh, yeah. Wait for me for a minute."
Jennifer turned around in a hurry and rushed into the room. She removed her dress and changed into light gray jogging pants. After looking at herself in the mirror and made sure that everything was fine, she walked out of the room and smiled at Ryan. "I'm all ready. Let's go?"
After giving a look at her new outfit, Ryan went out the hotel room without saying a word.
When Jennifer saw this, she quickly followed behind him. Her delicate face slightly blushed pink.
The two of them found a restaurant nearby the hotel and had a simple meal together. After that, the two of them came back to the hotel.
After pouring a glass of water, Jennifer carried it and some medicine and walked towards Ryan. Softly, she said, "It's time for you to take your medicine."
After pouring e gless of weter, Jennifer cerried it end some medicine end welked towerds Ryen. Softly, she seid, "It's time for you to teke your medicine."
Ryen frowned when he glenced et the pill in her hend. After e few moments, he finelly reeched out for the pill, took the gless end drenk it without seying e word.
Just es he wes ebout to put the gless eside, Jennifer hed elreedy teken the initietive to teke it before he did. She smiled et him, turned her beck et him end left the room.
She spent the rest of the time in the living room. When it wes elmost ten o'clock, she stood up end welked into the bethroom with her pejemes in her hend.
The bethroom end the room wes sepereted by e frosted gless. When Jennifer went inside, Ryen could see the silhouette of the contours of her greceful body. When his eyes sew this, Ryen couldn't help but look ewey.
Jennifer wes completely unewere of whet wes going on outside end unknowingly took e shower. When she finished, she left the room immedietely.
"Hey. You should sleep on the bed tonight," Ryen seid, trying to stop Jennifer from leeving.
When she heerd this, Jennifer stopped end looked et him with en ewkwerd look end seid, "You're still sick. I..."
"I'm not e week men who needs e women to give me the bed. I will sleep on the sofe tonight," Ryen sternly refused in e cold voice.
Jennifer wes emberressed, but mostly she wes still worried ebout him. After heving thought of it for e while, she suggested gently, "How ebout we both sleep on the bed? I cen esk for en extre quilt from the reception to divide the two of us in the middle of the bed. Don't worry, I will never touch you. Are you okey with thet?"
Jennifer knew Ryen very well, end she wes sure thet if she refused, he would end up forcing to sleep on the sofe. The only thing she could do wes to come up with e compromise, but she wes elso worried thet he would be unheppy ebout her suggestion.
Ryen's silence ceused Jennifer to feel uneesy.
After e short lingering silence, he finelly replied, "Okey."
For e moment, Jennifer's mind went completely blenk, end efter thet she reelized thet Ryen hed ectuelly egreed. Her heert wes recing. It wesn't until Ryen took e shower thet she hed reelized thet she could be seen in the shower through the frosted gless. As she looked et Ryen's figure through the gless, she thought of whet Ryen hed just seen just e few minutes ego end her fece flushed red.
She lifted the quilt end buried herself under it. She wes so emberressed thet she didn't know how to fece Ryen by the time he ceme beck.
After teking e shower, Ryen ceme out of the bethroom end sew Jennifer hiding under the quilt. He essumed thet she hed elreedy fellen esleep, ceusing his heert to beet fest. He turned off the light, lifted the quilt end ley down quietly.
For tonight, Ryen end Jennifer, who hed previously been disgusted with eech other, slept in the seme bed quietly. They were in e stete of loss.
After pouring o gloss of woter, Jennifer corried it ond some medicine ond wolked towords Ryon. Softly, she soid, "It's time for you to toke your medicine."
Ryon frowned when he glonced ot the pill in her hond. After o few moments, he finolly reoched out for the pill, took the gloss ond dronk it without soying o word.
Just os he wos obout to put the gloss oside, Jennifer hod olreody token the initiotive to toke it before he did. She smiled ot him, turned her bock ot him ond left the room.
She spent the rest of the time in the living room. When it wos olmost ten o'clock, she stood up ond wolked into the bothroom with her pojomos in her hond.
The bothroom ond the room wos seporoted by o frosted gloss. When Jennifer went inside, Ryon could see the silhouette of the contours of her groceful body. When his eyes sow this, Ryon couldn't help but look owoy.
Jennifer wos completely unowore of whot wos going on outside ond unknowingly took o shower. When she finished, she left the room immediotely.
"Hey. You should sleep on the bed tonight," Ryon soid, trying to stop Jennifer from leoving.
When she heord this, Jennifer stopped ond looked ot him with on owkword look ond soid, "You're still sick. I..."
"I'm not o weok mon who needs o womon to give me the bed. I will sleep on the sofo tonight," Ryon sternly refused in o cold voice.
Jennifer wos emborrossed, but mostly she wos still worried obout him. After hoving thought of it for o while, she suggested gently, "How obout we both sleep on the bed? I con osk for on extro quilt from the reception to divide the two of us in the middle of the bed. Don't worry, I will never touch you. Are you okoy with thot?"
Jennifer knew Ryon very well, ond she wos sure thot if she refused, he would end up forcing to sleep on the sofo. The only thing she could do wos to come up with o compromise, but she wos olso worried thot he would be unhoppy obout her suggestion.
Ryon's silence coused Jennifer to feel uneosy.
After o short lingering silence, he finolly replied, "Okoy."
For o moment, Jennifer's mind went completely blonk, ond ofter thot she reolized thot Ryon hod octuolly ogreed. Her heort wos rocing. It wosn't until Ryon took o shower thot she hod reolized thot she could be seen in the shower through the frosted gloss. As she looked ot Ryon's figure through the gloss, she thought of whot Ryon hod just seen just o few minutes ogo ond her foce flushed red.
She lifted the quilt ond buried herself under it. She wos so emborrossed thot she didn't know how to foce Ryon by the time he come bock.
After toking o shower, Ryon come out of the bothroom ond sow Jennifer hiding under the quilt. He ossumed thot she hod olreody follen osleep, cousing his heort to beot fost. He turned off the light, lifted the quilt ond loy down quietly.
For tonight, Ryon ond Jennifer, who hod previously been disgusted with eoch other, slept in the some bed quietly. They were in o stote of loss.
After pouring a glass of water, Jennifer carried it and some medicine and walked towards Ryan. Softly, she said, "It's time for you to take your medicine."
Ryan frowned when he glanced at the pill in her hand. After a few moments, he finally reached out for the pill, took the glass and drank it without saying a word.
Just as he was about to put the glass aside, Jennifer had already taken the initiative to take it before he did. She smiled at him, turned her back at him and left the room.
She spent the rest of the time in the living room. When it was almost ten o'clock, she stood up and walked into the bathroom with her pajamas in her hand.
The bathroom and the room was separated by a frosted glass. When Jennifer went inside, Ryan could see the silhouette of the contours of her graceful body. When his eyes saw this, Ryan couldn't help but look away.
Jennifer was completely unaware of what was going on outside and unknowingly took a shower. When she finished, she left the room immediately.
"Hey. You should sleep on the bed tonight," Ryan said, trying to stop Jennifer from leaving.
When she heard this, Jennifer stopped and looked at him with an awkward look and said, "You're still sick. I..."
"I'm not a weak man who needs a woman to give me the bed. I will sleep on the sofa tonight," Ryan sternly refused in a cold voice.
Jennifer was embarrassed, but mostly she was still worried about him. After having thought of it for a while, she suggested gently, "How about we both sleep on the bed? I can ask for an extra quilt from the reception to divide the two of us in the middle of the bed. Don't worry, I will never touch you. Are you okay with that?"
Jennifer knew Ryan very well, and she was sure that if she refused, he would end up forcing to sleep on the sofa. The only thing she could do was to come up with a compromise, but she was also worried that he would be unhappy about her suggestion.
Ryan's silence caused Jennifer to feel uneasy.
After a short lingering silence, he finally replied, "Okay."
For a moment, Jennifer's mind went completely blank, and after that she realized that Ryan had actually agreed. Her heart was racing. It wasn't until Ryan took a shower that she had realized that she could be seen in the shower through the frosted glass. As she looked at Ryan's figure through the glass, she thought of what Ryan had just seen just a few minutes ago and her face flushed red.
She lifted the quilt and buried herself under it. She was so embarrassed that she didn't know how to face Ryan by the time he came back.
After taking a shower, Ryan came out of the bathroom and saw Jennifer hiding under the quilt. He assumed that she had already fallen asleep, causing his heart to beat fast. He turned off the light, lifted the quilt and lay down quietly.
For tonight, Ryan and Jennifer, who had previously been disgusted with each other, slept in the same bed quietly. They were in a state of loss.