Ciara kept her gaze on Jerome who was fast asleep on his hospital bed. She let her eyes travel from his scattered blonde hair to his chest that rose up and down as he breathed. She looked away and crossed her arms then gave out a sigh. Her phone rang for a moment before she reluctantly accepted the phone call, which was from Mason.
"Hey, how are you?"
She sighed. "Just worried about him. It's the first time I'm ever seeing him like this, you know."
"I understand you very much. Just do what you have to do until you two are okay with each other. And did you even sleep last night?"
Ciara laughed softly and clenched the front of her hair before looking back at Jerome who had moved his head. She hummed and relaxed properly on the small love seat in the room.
"I did, for like three hours. I
