Love's Change of Heart

As he stared at the door, a somewhat perplexed Aidan thought, So, what she means to tell me is that I

will be sleeping on the couch tonight?

Nevertheless, he tried to wriggle out of his circumstances as he knocked on the door. "Are you

seriously making a sick person sleep on the couch?"

"Thanks to you, I am also sick," Leanna retorted snappishly.

"Well, we can sleep together."

She immediately locked the door when she heard his suggestion.

Aidan stood outside the door with one hand on his hip as he clicked his tongue. Finally, after he waited

for a couple of minutes and saw that she was resolute in her decision, he begrudgingly made his way

toward the couch.

There was another knock on the bedroom door half an hour later.

Aidan's muffled voice rang out, "It's time to eat."

Aidan leaned against the door. The smile on the corner of his mouth gradually deepened when he saw

Leanna coming out of her place with her luggage.

Leanna rubbed her stomach at his words, figuring that she could eat. Besides, it was free food. Why

shouldn't she eat? So, she placed the draft in her hand down and opened the bedroom door.

Once she came to the dining room, she saw there was mushroom soup and a few dishes on the dining

table.

It was evident that Aidan asked someone to send these dishes over.

So, she didn't bother standing on ceremony and helped herself.

He sat opposite her as he asked carefully, "Is your cold getting better?"

Leanna filled an empty bowl with the mushroom soup and hummed, "I feel better compared to this

morning."

With that, Aidan reached up, crossed the dining table, and placed his palm on her forehead.

She was taken aback by his abrupt actions. Immediately afterward, his voice rang in her ears. "Luckily,

your body temperature is normal."

"Of course, it's normal. I didn't even have a fever in the first place."

Aidan slowly withdrew his hand and mused, "Oh, really?"

After the meal, she raised her head to look at the time and saw it was already 9.00PM.

Then, she decided to boil some water in the kettle for later. Afterward, she returned to the bedroom and

continued working on her draft.

Since work had been piling up recently, things had been rather hectic, and she didn't have the time to

really focus on creating something new. Thus, although the studio had launched its online shop, there

was a delay in the release of the new designs.

Therefore, Leanna seized the rare opportunity of the current peace and quiet and fully placed her entire

focus on the design drawings. She was so immersed in her work that she completely forgot about

taking her medicine. She also didn't hear the knocking on the door at all.

When Aidan pushed the door open after knocking several times, he saw her sitting and swiftly

sketching lines on the draft paper with a pencil on her desk. He leaned against the door and watched

her for a while before he retracted his gaze, turned around, and went to the kitchen to pour her a glass

of water.

Leanna only instinctively raised her head when he placed the glass of water on the table.

"It's time to take your medicine," Aidan reminded her.

"Okay." Leanna took the medicine he handed over and touched the glass of water again. The water

temperature is just right.

After she finished taking the medicine, he took the glass, turned around, and strode out of her room.

The moment she noticed his lack of… Everything, she couldn't help but quirk her eyebrow in intrigue.

She was somewhat surprised as she probably never thought that he was capable of being non-

combatant for more than five minutes.

Nonetheless, she soon turned her attention back to the draft that had taken shape in front of her. She

figured that she was done for the day as she slowly rose to her feet and stretched. After that, she

gently opened the door.

Aidan was currently taking his medicine outside. Oh, so he does know how to take his medication on

time. Here I thought he would actually forsake that arm of his.

Then, she closed the door, sat back down in front of the desk, and continued on with her work.

Leanna wasn't sure if it was because she had slept all afternoon or some other factors. Regardless,

she did realize that she actually wasn't feeling sleepy at all that night after she took her medicine.

The clock kept ticking, and it was already midnight by the time Leanna finally massaged her tired neck

and checked the time once more.

When she saw the time, she walked out of the bedroom and saw Aidan sitting on the couch, using his

laptop.

When she saw the time, she walked out of the bedroom and saw Aidan sitting on the couch, using his

laptop.

Leanna made her way over with a first-aid kit.

Aidan kept his laptop away the instant she took a seat next to him.

Leanna's gaze lingered on Aidan's injury while she changed the wound dressing.

Although she changed his dressing twice, the lighting was dim since it took place in a bedroom. So,

she wasn't able to take a good look at how severe the wound actually was. Therefore, the injury turned

out to be even more gruesome than she expected now that she was changing the dressing under the

bright lights of the living room.

Aidan naturally sensed her gaze and promptly covered her eyes with his palm. "Don't look."

"How am I able to change your dressing if I can't look at it?"

"I will give you directions, and you follow. Okay?"

Leanna was rendered speechless by his answer. Why is he complicating such an easy task?

Nevertheless, he took a cotton swab and placed it in her hand. Then, he held her hand and moved it

next to the wound.

Eventually, she listened to his instructions the entire time as he never once removed his hand away

from covering her eyes. Hence, it took longer than she expected to change the dressing for his wound

this time around.

She couldn't help but comment while she tossed the trash away, "Why are you so shy? It's not like this

is the first time I'm changing the wound dressing for you."

"You never showed such an expression before."

Leanna parted her lips but said nothing as she couldn't think of any reasons to refute him.

Then, Aidan went on to say, "It's my duty to protect you, so you don't have to blame yourself."

Leanna raised her voice and retorted hotly, "I don't blame myself!"

Aidan curled his lips into a smile before he answered, "Easy. You don't have to shout. I can hear you."

Leanna gritted her teeth. Eventually, she couldn't restrain herself and kicked him. Damn! He really is a

b*stard! I have indeed been blaming myself because of this matter. Yet, why does he have to remind

me and magnify this guilt in my heart when I have been suppressing it very well and not showing it?!

The longer Leanna thought about it, the angrier she got. Hence, she pushed herself off the couch in a

huff and intended to storm back into the fortress that is the bedroom. Alas, Aidan grabbed her wrist as

soon as she displayed any signs of leaving.

Aidan tugged on her wrist, causing her to fall into his arms.

She immediately struggled to break free, yelling, "Let go of me!"

Aidan groaned quietly as he furrowed his brows slightly. "Stop hitting me. It hurts."

"Go ahead and keep pretending."

"You will still be the one changing my dressing again if the wound's condition worsens. I'm just saying

that for your sake."

As he spoke, he wrapped his arms tightly around her waist. "Are you still mad at me?"

"Why do you keep asking me that every single day? Are you sure you're not a broken record? Of

course, I am mad at you. In fact, I'm so furious that I think I'm about to go ballistic—"

Before Leanna finished her sentence, Aidan shut her up with a kiss.

He also slyly took advantage of the fact that she had yet to come back to her senses as he cradled the

back of her head and deepened the kiss.