Chapter 80

A tall and hard appearance but he still handled me with an unexpected level of consideration and gentleness.

An intimidating silent front but soft spoken in the rare moments that he did speak.

A rather expressionless face and yet his eyes still somehow able to carry such raw emotions.

Everything about this man seemed like a contradiction.

After the doctor had concluded that I had temporarily lost about a year's worth of memories from my concussion, she suggested that I stay overnight for monitoring and told me to refrain from exerting too much energy.

With these instructions, Rafael spent the rest of the day fretting over my every need. Asking me if I was hungry, if I wanted some water, whether I was in pain anywhere, and a whole list more.

Even though he was already hovering over my every move, I could tell that he trying really hard to hold himself back to avoid frightening me.

Every time he reflexively reached out to me in fear of me hurting myself... Every time he accidenta