“You can go ahead.”
Ashlyn then asked the driver to take Jessie home.
“Hey, Ashlyn, you don’t need to do this for him…”
But Ashlyn didn’t reply.She turned around and walked across the road to the convenience store.
Ashlyn was far from softhearted.
However, it was Devin who had taken her to the hospital when she caught a cold not long ago.She just wanted to repay his kindness.
Besides, Devin’s face was beaten black and blue.
When he smiled and said “I can deal with the hunger,” his eyes were filled with sadness.
He looked so pitiful.
Although Ashlyn didn’t consider herself a kind person, she would’ve fed a stray animal by the side of the road if she could.She had already changed into casual clothes, but her makeup still looked good.
As soon as she entered the convenience store, the shop assistant on duty was too stunned by her beauty to move.
Ashlyn had to repeat herself.
“Please pack this for me.”
Only then did the shop assistant snap back to reality.He quickly took out a lunch box to pack up the food for her.
There was no hot food in this convenience store other than Oden, so Ashlyn had the shop assistant pack all of it.
Then she bought two sandwiches and a bottle of water and went back to the hospital.
The elevator doors slid open.
As soon as Ashlyn raised her head, she saw Devin standing inside the elevator.
She froze for a while and asked in disbelief, “Devin?”
Devin’s gaze wandered to the bags in Ashlyn’s hands.
He answered casually, “I have a stomachache.”
Ashlyn handed the bags to him and said, “The store only had these.”
“Thanks.”
Devin took the bags but didn’t move.Ashlyn tilted her head to the side, eyebrows raised.
“If there’s something you want to say to me, just say it.”There was a faint smile that tugged at the corners of her lips.
“Would you mind taking me back to the hotel later?”
Ashlyn didn’t drive there, so she said, “Of course I mind. I don’t have my car with me.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Devin suddenly grabbed her wrist and said, “Then I’ll take you home later.”
Then, he dragged her inside the elevator and pressed the button to the floor of his ward.
The hospital was quiet and the lights in the corridor were dim.
Worried that she’d disturb the other patients, Ashlyn soon gave up struggling.
Ashlyn wasn’t hungry, but the Oden smelled so good.
Moreover, Devin ate the food so slowly and gently that one would’ve thought he was eating a meal worth thousands of dollars.
Ashlyn gulped and turned to look at the night sky outside the windows to divert her attention.
“Want some?”
All of a sudden, a spoonful of broth appeared in front of Ashlyn.
She reflexively moved back a little and said, “No, thanks.Just eat your food.”
Devin just smiled and stubbornly held the spoon to her lips.
“Come on!”
His voice was very gentle, like when an adult was coaxing a kid to take their medicine.
Ashlyn found herself opening her mouth, and Devin carefully fed her the broth.Her cheeks turned red with embarrassment.
But now that the broth was in her mouth, it would only be even more embarrassing if she spat it out.
Before Devin could feed her a skewer, Ashlyn tried to take the stick from his hand and said, “I can do it myself.”
Devin deliberately misinterpreted her words and said innocently, “My hand still works, you know?”
Ashlyn couldn’t seem to take the skewer from Devin’s hand, so she gave up.
Her father, Stevie, had been the only man who had ever fed her.She was only a child back then.
This time felt much more emotional.
Ashlyn doubted it would feel that way if it was anyone else but the man sitting with her.
Unfortunately, it was not someone else.It was Devin.His dark brown eyes shone brightly.
There was a sensuous and romantic mystery deep in those alluring eyes, beckoning Ashlyn to fall in.She didn’t know how she could resist him.
Ashlyn once again took a bite of the meatball as she averted her eyes away from him.
Ashlyn looked nervously around the ward to assure herself that no one was watching.
Even though they seemed to be alone, she remained uneasy about being fed.
Ashlyn suddenly took the remaining half of the meatball into her mouth.She’d been taking smaller bites but decided to finish faster to get rid of some of her uneasiness.
Devin smiled at her haste.
“I guess I am not the only one who is hungry.”
Ashlyn could do little to respond since she was preoccupied with chewing the meatball.
Anything she said then would have only seemed defensive anyway.She did not say anything.
Devin reminded her there was another meatball.
Devin handed her an uncapped bottle of water.
Ashlyn took it after a moment.She began to choke from trying to swallow too quickly.
After taking a few sips of water, Ashlyn ate the last meatball.
Devin continued to eat after throwing out the bare bamboo stick.
Ashlyn noticed that Devin didn’t look very hungry although he’d complained about his hunger earlier.He was taking small bites and swallowing slowly as Ashlyn had done before.
Screwing the cap on, Ashlyn raised her eyebrows and asked, “Didn’t you say that you were hungry?”
“Yes, Devin replied and looked up at her.Then he seemed to understand what Ashlyn meant.With a faint smile, he said, “I should eat slowly when I am hungry, or it will hurt my stomach.”
His words made sense.
Ashlyn didn’t say anything more.She held her phone and wondered if she should ask Talia to send a car here.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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