Substitute Her to Love You (Charlotte and Patrick)

Chapter 277

Without thinking, I quickly grabbed the towel from Shelton's hand and hung it in front of me.

"Turn around and let me check your wound." He did treat me as a patient instead of a woman.

As he spoke, he was about to force me to turn around.

"No, thanks. I'm all right." I flushed. "You go out first. I'll go out after I wash my hair."

At that point, I didn't have the mood to take a shower.

"No." Shelton looked serious, and his eyes were full of worry. "Either I help you wash your hair, or you allow me to check your wound now."

In the small bathroom, the white fog rising from the hot water had almost dissipated. The more I thought about it, the shyer I became. But Shelton blocked me and did not intend to leave.

Watching my face getting redder and redder, he seemed to have finally realized what I was thinking. He quickly draped a big bath towel over my shoulders and said, "I'll get a chair for you. After that, I'll help you wash away the foam on your hair, and then you go out with me."

"Hum."

I quickly wrapped myself in the bath towel.

I felt a sense of security at once.

Shelton came in with a chair in hand and put my head on its back. He adjusted the water temperature and washed my hair little by little.

Since I faced upward, I saw his face.

His long and slender fingers swept across my hair. He looked quite serious.

It was not until he had almost finished that he realized that I was looking at him.

He looked at me and smiled. Then, his gaze moved to somewhere else...

That direction seemed to be where my...

I instantly realized that I hadn't put the bath towel high enough just now.

Sometimes, being half-naked might be the most fatally attractive.

I covered my chest quickly, and my face turned slightly red.

Shelton did not speak. He just finished washing my hair and took a towel to dry it.

"I'll do the rest." I took the towel.

"It's almost done. Come out putting on your pajamas. I'll wait for you outside."

After that, he turned around and went out.

I stood up quickly and touched the wound on the back of my waist. Because of its location, it didn't get too wet.

I put on my pajamas and went out.

Outside the bathroom, I saw Shelton holding a small medical kit in his hand. He said to me naturally, "Come to the bedroom."

As he spoke, he went into the bedroom.

At the sight of that, I was a bit flustered.

Hesitating for a moment, I followed him in.

In the bedroom, I saw him open the medical kit. There were gauze, ointment, and some other things inside. When he took out cotton swabs, I realized that I was oversensitive.

He patted the bed next to him and said, "Come here and lie prone."

"Alright."

I leaned over and lay prone obediently.

Shelton flipped up a corner of my pajamas with his warm fingers and exposed my wound in the air.

He dried it with cotton swabs and checked it carefully. After that, he said, "Luckily, the wound hasn't split open. Be careful next time. Otherwise, I won't allow you to take a bath alone."

Although his voice was gentle, it carried a hint of warning.

I knew that if something went wrong next time, he might really... help me bathe.

"Thank you. That's not gonna happen."

Embarrassed, I put down my pajamas and sat up.

I looked down and noticed that his arm was somewhat red. At first glance, I could tell that he scalded himself when he was turning off the sprinkler.

I stretched out my hand and placed my fingers on his red skin. "I'm sorry. I'll be careful next time."

"I'm all right." He put down his sleeve and threw the cotton swabs into a trash can nearby. "I'll be fine as long as you're all right."

After he finished speaking, a sudden silence fell.

I looked up slightly, only to find that he was looking at me. His eyes were shining slightly, as if...

He suddenly held my back with one hand and pressed me on the shoulder with the other hand, putting me down slightly.

There was strong chemistry between the two.

Shelton's action was slow and light.

I was dragged to the bed by him. His gaze fell on my lips. Then he pulled aside the hair on my face with one hand and said gently, "Janetta, marry me. Will you? I promise that I will treat you and Glenn with all my heart."

"I... "

At that moment, I was struggling deep inside.

Patrick was the only one that flashed across my mind.

I knew that I shouldn't think about him at the moment, and that it was useless, but I couldn't help it.

Shelton gently touched my eyes with his hand, and my eyelashes trembled slightly under his palm. He said, "You're not focusing."

"Shelton..."

"I know very well that you can't utterly accept me now, because you still have him in your mind. But it doesn't matter. I can wait, as long as you are willing to hand your future to me."

He held my cheeks with his hands.

Then he bent over.

I knew pretty well what he was going to do.

I shouldn't turn him down, since he had done so much for me.

Besides, we were all grown-ups. It was normal for us to do such a thing.

I tried my best to persuade myself deep inside, and I closed my eyes so he wouldn't notice my panic.

A moment later, when his thin lips touched mine, my body couldn't help but tremble.

Even though it was just a kiss, I couldn't help but push him with my hands.

It was the resistance inside me that made my hands completely out of control.

I heard him sigh from the top of my head.

"I'm sorry." I couldn't help feeling extremely guilty in my mind. "Give me a little more time, and I will let go of the past."

I opened my eyes and saw Shelton's face a few centimeters away from me.

He looked melancholic.

The way he behaved made me feel even more remorseful.

I knew clearly that I shouldn't have done that.

Shelton raised his hand and pushed aside the hair on my forehead. He lowered his head slightly and finally kissed me on the forehead.

He raised his head again, with a gentle smile in his eyes. "Don't give yourself too much pressure. I'm fine."

His words proved to be a white lie.

I clearly felt that he was aroused.

"Thank you."

I looked at him blankly and didn't know what to say at the moment.

He sat up from the bed and looked down at his deformed underwear. With a wry smile, he covered there with his hand and said, "Don't worry too much. I am very confident in this aspect. I have every confidence that you will be satisfied."

His words rendered my cheeks flushed once again.

I had no idea why he suddenly thought of this. I said hurriedly, "I have no doubts. You, you don't have to think too much."

"I know, but it's related to my dignity as a man. I think I have to tell you in advance." He stood up. "I'll go to the bathroom and calm it down. Please get changed. Well leave in a minute."

He went out as soon as he finished.

When I heard the sound of him entering the bathroom, I couldn't help but feel that I failed to realize before that he actually got a dirty mind.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.