CHAPTER 421: CHAPTER 421: THAT ONE GLANCE, NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN

Mason Nightshade had no idea how inadvertently uttering just a single sentence caused the woman such hurt, his mind only occupied with thoughts of his woman waiting at home for him. He accepted the goods, handed over three hundred-dollar bills, and hurriedly left without waiting for the cashier to give him change.

The car sped down the road, Mason Nightshade’s hands gently tightened on the steering wheel. At this time, there were few cars on the road. With his foot on the accelerator, he raced back to the old estate as fast as he could.

Upstairs, he pushed open the bedroom door and walked into the bathroom.

She was clutching her stomach, her face scrunched up in pain. Upon seeing him return, she lifted her pale face and frowned in dissatisfaction, "Why are you so slow?"

"The supermarkets were all closed. I only found one store in the city." Mason Nightshade opened the large package and placed it in front of her, asking in his usual cool tone, "Which one are you used to using?"

Staring at the array of sanitary pads, Aurelia Shaw was stunned. She then looked up at Mason Nightshade’s slightly awkward expression, and couldn’t help but let out a light laugh, which soon blossomed into hearty laughter. Her peach blossom eyes welled up with mist, and as she rubbed her eyes, they grew redder and more enchanting, as she smiled at him.

She rummaged through the package and picked out a pack of ABC night-use pads, then proceeded to shoo him away.

"You should leave now."

Mason Nightshade didn’t move. Instead, he gave a determined stare at the package of white and yellow pads in her hand, squinted his eyes, and then finally walked out.

Once outside, he dumped everything inside the plastic bag onto the bed, sifted through it for a while before finding a package identical to the one Aurelia Shaw had taken, diligently memorizing the brand of these sanitary pads.

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By the time Aurelia Shaw came out, the bed was already tidied up, with the bedsheets replaced. The old ones—who knows what he did with them.

Her stomach hurt painfully, every time her period came it was so sudden, and the pain just as abrupt, draining all her strength, leaving her collapsed on the bed, her body curled into a ball, completely unmotivated to move.

Seeing Mason Nightshade approaching, she suspiciously squinted at him, "Hey, I’m like this now, you wouldn’t still be thinking about continuing, right?"

Mason Nightshade gave her a sideways glance, "I don’t have a peculiar taste for fighting bloody battles. Lie down properly, don’t move around, I’ll pour you a cup of brown sugar water."

Mason Nightshade left the room, and within a few minutes returned carrying a cup of brown sugar water, with a warming pack in his hand. He tucked the warming pack into the blanket for her to hold onto, then handed her the cup of brown sugar water.

"Drink it before you sleep."

Aurelia Shaw took it, and the temperature was surprisingly just right. She held it and drank, feeling the pain in her stomach easing a lot, then snuggled back into the blanket, her face resting on the pillow, slowly drifting off to sleep.

Mason Nightshade dimmed the lights, bent down beside the bed, cradling her head, and carefully wiped away the beads of sweat on her forehead, his eyes filled with deep affection and a hint of aching sympathy.

"Little Jan."

This name was used during a masquerade ball in M Nation when she deliberately struck up a conversation with him.

She didn’t use her real name, probably because she did something very bold at that time... she kissed him.

Perhaps it was also because of his indulgence at that time.

He had gone to M Nation on a mission, and upon completion, went to visit his alma mater where he saw her. Standing among a crowd of tall M Nation women, her oriental features made her stand out, her beauty dazzling, her aura bold and domineering, her smile bright. Faced with the teasing of M Nation men, she showed no timidity, her eyes glinting with mischievous light, outsmarting them effortlessly.

Such a woman easily captured a man’s attention.

Upon hearing friends’ introductions, she was called Aurelia Shaw, a freshman from Country Z who had recently arrived. Her bold nature had led her to beat up the girls who bullied her, many M Nation men liked her, but she rejected them all.