Chapter 289 Not That Kind of Touch

“Mm.”

James’s bears /binstantly burned bright red, as if they’d been scorched by fire..

bThat’s /bwhen it hit him–they were still in that position, him on top, her underneath.

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Realizing what he was doing, he scrambled off her without a moment’s hesitation and immediately put some distance between them.

Lily wanted to find something to cover herself with, but there wasn’t a nket or a piece of clothing nearby. She could only use her arms to shield her body for bnow/b.

James bnoticed /bher embarrassment and quickly turned his back to her.

But he bcouldn’t /bbring himself to leave the room, not after remembering the way she’d mmed into the bnightstand /bjust now,

Her skin was so delicate–her back had probably gotten scraped pretty badly.

There was no one else in the vi right now, and she couldn’t exactly apply ointment to her own bback /bThat meant he was the only one who could help.

“Lily, turn around.”

“Huh?”

Lily nearly jumped out of her skin at bthose /bwords.

Turn around? Didn’t that mean she’d be lying face–down on the bcouch/b?

bLast /bnight, he’d asked her to do exactly thatb, /band then he…

Was he getting ufortable bagain/b?

She was barely holding herself together. Given everything between them, they really shouldn’t keep making the same mistake. Even bthough /bshe was worried about him, she still whispered, “I… I’m not feeling too great right now.”

“I’ll just get you a gigolo.”

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Wind Pub’s number and have someonee bover /bto help

bJames’s /bexpression turned absolutely frigid.

What nonsense was she going bon /babout now?

some ointment. How had she

bAll /bbhe /bwanted was to check the wound on her back and help her apply so Jumped to bcalling /bin a gigolo?

Wait…

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Realization hit him–she probably thought he wanted to do that again.

And not just his ears–his pale, aristocratic face was suddenly flushed with heat too.)

Okay, he had to admit–what he’d just said was pretty easy to misinterpret.

He definitely didn’t want her misunderstanding any further, Clearing his throat ufortably, he quickly bsaid/b. “I’m fine bnow/b. I don’t need a woman, band /bI don’t need a gigolo either. Lily, I truly am sorry for what I did to youst night. I bpromise /bI’ll make it up to you, and I’ll never cross the line again. You don’t need to be scared. I only asked you to turn around because I want to check the injury on your back.”

The bed was a total mess.

The sheets, bthe /bforter–none of it was in any condition to be used again.

James had originally nned to grab the nket from the bed to cover her, but when he saw how chaotic it looked, he decided against it. Instead, he grabbed a clean spareforter from the closet and carefully draped it over her.

He had actually bathed her twicest night and even changed the sheets andforter.

But then, things bhad /bspiraled out of control againb. /b

Over and over

That’s why the bed was such ba /bdisaster now.

Once she was wrapped up in theforter and had obedientlyid herself down on the couch, James pulled his thoughts bback /bto reality, grabbed the first–baid /bkit, and sat down next to her.

The nket covered her back 100.

Being wrapped up like that gave Lily a small serise of security.

But the thought of him inspecting her injury still made her feel incredibly awkward.

Still–her bback /bdid really hurt, and she couldn’t check it herself. After a moment’s hesitation, her fingers trembled slightly as she lowered theforter,

When people get hurt, doctors have to check the injury.

And female bpatients /bsometimes get examined by male doctors.

Even in OB/GYN departments, bthere /bwere male doctors.

She didn’t need to overthink it–just treat James like a doctor. Be calm. Be rational.

Besides, Last night had just been ban /bident. He didn’t even like women. It was j was no reason to feel so embarrassed.

The silence was heavy. It felt like the air itself was thick with awkwardness.

Just some o

ointment. There

Lily fought down her bshame /band tried to sound casual as she asked. “Jaunes, is the skin on my bback /bbroken?

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James had been a little distracted.

Hearing her voice brought his attention back to her.

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Her back was just as pale and wless as the rest of her, as soft and smooth as porcin.

And right now, across bthat /bpristine canvas, was a patch about the size of a fist where the skin had been scraped off. The topyer waspletely gone. Just looking at it made him wince.

He didn’t bknow /bif pain could be contagious, but his chest started to bache /bjust from seeing that wound on her back.

And bthen /ba surge of wild, uncontroble emotion rushed up inside him.

He wanted to wrap her tightly in his arms, to kiss that scraped–up back of hers–kiss her lush, irresistible lips until she melted in his bhands/b.

James was startled by the madness of bhis /bown thoughts.

He was suddenly disgusted with himself all over again.

Before, all those times he’d kissed Lily or lost control with her, he could tell himself it was because her eyes and lips looked so much like Le’s.

Like he’d been bewitched–powerless to resist the lips that reminded him of Le’s.