CHAPTER 82

There was a silence on his part after I said those things that somehow made me confirm that he agrees with me. And so, before he could even change his mind, I promptly made a quick move to grab the roll of the gauze and quickly roll it several times around his waist.

“You try to be gentle, now is not the right time to be rough on me, woman.” he said, his voice deep with a contained pain.

It made me quickly stop for a moment though, simply after hearing him address me as a woman instead of the nurse he used to tease me earlier. I suppose he really had gotten serious this time.

“What made you stop? Go and finish quickly, it’s painful. Damn it!” He cursed and that was the final cue that made all my hunches right.

“You were in pain all this time and you try to contain it and refuse to tell me.” I told him.

“Why bother? You’re not a real nurse anyway,” He retorted back, his grumpy behavior was no longer bothering me for some reason. It was like the mere fact that I was able to successfu