Jonathan looked at me with dark eyes.
Before I could react, another firm smack fell on my bottom again.
The crisp sound filled me with both fury and shock.
He had actually smacked me!
I stared at him in disbelief, my gaze dripping with anger and hatred.
I was just about to get up when he pushed me back onto the bed.
He looked at me solemnly and said, “You’re not allowed to brush me off when it comes to something like this.
You have to tell me if you’re injured, do you hear me?
” I gritted my teeth and seethed, “Jonathan, do you have trouble understanding simple words?
” I inhaled a deep breath, but before I could say anything more, he seemingly already knew what I was about to say, and he clasped a hand over my mouth.
Then, he lay down behind me and pulled me back into his arMs.I couldn’t move, trapped in his embrace.
With an arm wrapped around my waist and his warm breath falling behind my ear, he said, “I’ll take you to the hospital to get checked out tomorrow.
If nothing’s wrong, then we’ll go to the Ford Manor.
Grandpa hasn’t been feeling well lately, so we’ll need to stay with him for a while.” Grandpa?
Hearing that word suddenly caused a dull ache in my brain.
I had no recollection of such a person, and yet, just hearing that term made me feel extreme discomfort and resistance, and a deep panic spread through me.
… Early the next morning, Jonathan took me to the hospital.
When he met with the same doctor from yesterday, I realized that the two were friends.
“We meet again,” Jim White, the doctor, said as he looked at me with a slight smile.
He had been aloof with me yesterday, so his attitude today was rather intriguing.
My heart thumped loudly, and my thoughts became muddled.
I quickly avoided his gaze, so I couldn’t tell whether he had noticed something was off about me or not.
Fortunately, he didn’t say much and only gave Jonathan a few instructions.
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