Renee stayed silent. To keep Susanne from worrying, she forced herself to say the pain wasn’t bad, iced her face for half an hour, and then went to bed.Carl, seeing through her pretense, glanced toward Jackson at the door. Jackson immediately left the room, closing the door quietly behind him.Renee saw her chance to escape and tried to slide off Carl’s lap, but he turned his wheelchair, trapping her between the table and himself. In an instant, her body pressed against his warm chest, and his breath, hot and steady, brushed against her already burning cheek. His voice, low and slightly hoarse, sounded close to her ear. “Are you full?”Renee nodded quickly. “I am. You should eat.”“I don’t like it.”She blinked, puzzled. Then why did he buy so much food? Her gaze shifted to the table, where she noticed the dishes were the ones she hadn’t been able to try at the food street.Surprised, she turned to look at Carl, only to meet his deep, smoldering gaze. There was no attempt to
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