Chapter 18
Wesley named around and saw Gemma had fallen to her floor. Her arms had scraped against the edge of the bed and her skin was broken.
He strode over and crouched down to check her arm
“I’m too weak..” her soft voice sounded in his car full of grievance.
Without a word, he bent down to pick her up and carried her to the living room. Then, be placed her on the couch before sitting down across from her.“Eat.”
“ph,” she responded softly and started eating.
Sering Wesley wasn’t eating, she curiously asked, “Aren’t you going to eat?”
“Can’t you eat a little with me?
Wesley’s dark eyes landed on her, and lie stood up after a few seconds, “I said I’m not hungry. Eat by yourself.”
With that, he tumed and walked toward the balcony.
Watching him leave, Gemma gripped her utensils and felt a little disappointed. He was unexceptionally composed and restrained.
After withdrawing her gaze, she became lost in thought and ate very slowly
Belote lung, a knock came at the door. Wesley went in open it and returned with a first aid kit
“Are you done?” he asked when he saw her place her utensils aside.
Gemma nodded, and Wesley brought the first aid kit up to her. Then, he expressionlessly said, “Give me your hand.”
It was only now she realized he was going to treat her wound
Watching her serious expression, she suddenly said, “I’s just a small injury. I didn’t expect you to be so concerned.”
His hands didn’t stop moving as he replied, “You’re overthinking. This is just a professional habit.
Gemma’s smile widened “So, is your professional habit the reason for everything you’ve done tonight? You couldn’t stand to see me sick and in the rain? You couldn’t stand to see me hurt?”
now to talk nonsense
“you seem to have plenty of energy now to
“Why won’t you answer me, Mr. Lowell?
Wesley looked up and locked his deep gaze on your face. “What are you trying to say?”
e was as poised as always and had an unreadable expression. But Gemma could sense that he was getting mad
She met his gaze for some time before looking away and answering in a light tone, “Nothing just asking”
Wesley finished treating her wound and got up. Seeing this, Gemma quickly asked, “Are you leaving?”
He didn’t reply. Instead, fue grabbed his phone and car keys before walking to the door.
“How can I contact you?” slar asked.
He paused and walked back to take her phone. Then, he entered his number.
As she watcard him disappear from view, the smille on Demma’s face gradually faded. She looked at the number of her phone, thought for a moment, and saved it as her contact. Sute rough, the found his suggested Instagram profile from her contacts
was just a single letter “L” she dicked in and found his profile completely empty.
Genuinat meat him a request. He didn’t respond for a long time, but slie wasn’t in alumny,
She took a picture of her scraped ann and posted it without any caption. Then, she set het plone aside and retumed to bed to continue sleeping.
The next day, it was not try the time temama woke up.
She teached for her plume on the nightstand. It was silent, yet there were numerous missed calls from Thomas, Sadie, Amelia, and Jacob.
She tapped into listagram and several umeed messages popped up: The most eye catching notification tral: “You have started following Lou Tostagram-
She stared at it for a long fine lost in thought. It wasn’t until jacob’s call came in again that she collected her thoughts and answered.
“Yealı” slar saltly responded
jeont’s whier was tingent and filled with come “ow your post mentag How did you get hat –
W’eindling Just a small scrajar,“
“You shouldn’t take it lightly either Are you at home? Low pick you up and take you to the hospital.“
Gemma thunght of how Wesley had treated her wound last night and replied, “I saw a doctor
“I see. By the way, Any’s birthday in tomorrow. Have you decided on agits for bet?”
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ly know what she likes.
“Yeah. She’s having a birthday party at The Pegasus tomorrow night, and I haven’t prepared anything yet. Since you’re a lady, y Can you come with me to pick out a gift?
