Chapter 55: Comfortable Now

Julian Kingston looked at the clothing placed in front of him.

Briefs, boxers.

His eyelids twitched slightly.

XXXL.

Such a large size?

As if seeing through Julian's hesitation, Willow Avery explained, "I specially picked a large size," she paused for a moment, deliberating over her phrasing, "Um... I compared them, the size of the fabric for that place."

Hearing this, a clean and shallow curve lifted Julian's thin lips.

Could this count as her validation of him?

Willow had managed to finish speaking with a flushed face with great difficulty, but not receiving a response from the man, she asked tentatively, "If it's not suitable, I'll take it back to return it."

"It's very suitable."

Julian looked at her. "Put them in the wardrobe."

"Okay."

Willow walked to the side, opening the cabinet door.

The wardrobe inside was already filled with his hung clothes, which should have been delivered by Uncle Liu just now.

Glaning down lightly, a pair of black, thin underwear entered her sight.

Willow was instantly abashed.

Yesterday, the color the man wore was exactly this one...

With a fuse lit, images that made one's mind drift toward indecent thoughts grew wildly like a prairie fire.

She hurriedly shut the cabinet door, forcing herself to calm down.

Seeing Willow's unnatural expression, Julian assumed she felt uncomfortable from keeping him company for too long.

He asked, "What's wrong?"

Willow was already harboring guilt, and the man's voice gave her a sharp fright.

She turned around like a startled bird, waving her hands frantically. "No, I didn't see your underwear..."

Julian let out a faint smile.

She was a young girl after all, unable to hide even a fraction of a secret on her mind.

He went along with her, responding, "Alright."

Willow also reacted at this moment to what she had just said.

She asked tentatively, "Uncle Julian, did you hear clearly what I just said?"

Julian cooperated. "Didn't hear clearly."

Willow: "..."

She always felt like he was tricking her.

Just like coaxing a child.

Seeing that it was almost lunchtime, she quickly found a reason to slip out. "I'll go buy the food."

Julian was used to eating at the hospital cafeteria normally, so he hadn't had food sent over from the estate.

It had always been Willow who went to buy it.

"Mm."

Julian looked at the young girl's fast-running figure, curving his thin lips.

Withdrawing his line of sight for less than a minute, a commotion traveled from the doorway once more.

Assuming Willow had forgotten something and returned to retrieve it, he hadn't expected it to be Luna Hayes.

His gaze darkened instantly.

"Get out."

Luna was cradling a bouquet of fresh flowers in her arms.

The man's words didn't cause her to flinch; on the contrary, they made her heart race even more.

"Mr. Kingston, I am very sorry about the car accident. I came today specifically to apologize to you. I'm sorry, I hope you can forgive me."

During this recent period of time, Grandpa Sterling had been having people investigate to see whether it truly was an accident.

If anything were to be discovered...

The Hayes family would definitely be dragged down.

This was one of the reasons she came.

Additionally, she finally possessed a perfectly legitimate excuse to approach Julian Kingston.

"To make up for my mistake, let me stay here to look after you, alright? I'll accompany you until you fully recover."

Julian didn't waste any words with her, directly pressing the call bell.

Seeing him like this, Luna said hurriedly:

"I know that causing you to encounter a severe car accident means you will definitely blame me, but don't you think we share a lot of fate?"

Julian didn't speak, so she asked and answered herself on the spot, "I got injured at your family's stables, and now I accidentally injured you, so we can count as square. how about we make friends?"

Julian frowned. "Miss Hayes, it is valuable for a person to possess self-awareness."

He felt he had already spoken clearly enough, but Luna instead drew closer and closer.

"Mr. Kingston, I am a person who doesn't like beating around the bush when speaking. How about we try dating?"

Julian let out a light sneer. "Ridiculous."

"Do you not think we are a match made in heaven?"

Luna curved her eyes. "You are a man of few words, while I am a chatterbox. Your personality is mature and subdued, while I am lively and best at making people happy."

She was very confident.

Even if her personality was impulsive and willful, she still felt that no one could refuse a girl like her who was bright, sunny, and liked to play straight balls.

A clear impatience surfaced within Julian's brow and eyes.

Finally, a nurse arrived.

He spoke concisely and to the point: "Call security."

"No need," Luna spoke up, "I'll leave first. Mr. Kingston, contact me anytime once you've thought it over."

After speaking, she went straight out of the ward.

...

When Willow returned, she saw Julian's expression wasn't very good.

She hurriedly set the food boxes down, reaching Julian's side and touching his forehead with her hand.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Julian's mood had originally been irritable.

But the young girl's hand was warm and gentle.

Instantly, he was...

Comfortable now.

Sweeping a glance toward the lilies on the table, he said, "Take that bouquet of flowers and deliver it to the nurse's station."