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The numbed left leg was held in his warm hand, which was later pulled back by Rita determinedly.

"It doesn't ache. I am fine."

"Really?" Liam hardly believed her.

Rita disgusted herself by looking at somewhere else, "I am so tired that I need to sleep. So I am sorry to have you sleep on the floor tonight."

Before Liam gave her a response, she turned her back to him with quilt on her, closing eyes.

Although lying on the bed, she listened to any sound made by him carefully.

She took a deep breath after making sure that he was lying on the floor.

The whole room was so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping on the ground could

be heard.

The clock kept going and an hour passed.

"Rita?" suddenly a low voice broke the silence of the room.

Liam turned his head to look at her, and raised his hand consciously in order to hold her in his arms firmly listening to her steady breath.

But his hand paused in the air for several seconds and he withdrew, staring at her left leg emotionally.

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