Frowning, Roxanne insisted, “I’m fine, and I don’t need special care anymore. It’s unnecessary for you to stay back. You can’t get a good rest here, anyway.”
She did not want to owe him anything more than she already did.
Her voice sounded awkwardly loud in the quiet hospital ward at midnight.
Dead silence filled the room upon her words.
However, the man did not seem to have any intention of leaving.
She dug her fingernails into her palms as she explained in a slightly friendlier tone of voice, “We aren’t in any relationship. Hence, there’s no reason for you to take special care of me, Mr. Farwell. I actually feel burdened when you do that.”
Upon saying so, she gave the man sitting opposite her a solemn look.
Never in a million years would Lucian have thought that caring for her wou
