Chapter 58:

"You have the guts to even grin at me?" Azura frowned, before deeply squeezing the napkin onto his back.

He winced softly, his lips parting apart. "Yeah."

It was weird that she was leaning against the bed frame while he sat there completely shirtless, her attending to his wounds. She could see the muscles that toned his body, so flawless, perfect.

"Are you done staring?" He said from behind.

She sputtered, the napkin almost flying away from her hand, "I am definitely not staring."

"I know it when I see it." He grins behind her.

Her hands moved towards his muscles willingly, so perfect, she wanted more. To linger her hand there, to trace it along every soft bone, but then she found herself asking, "Is it always like this?"

He raised his brows at her.

She wanted to know more, she pressed further. "Do you always get punished this way?"

He sighs, breathing in the air tightly, there's a way he tensed his body that Azura didn't like, "Yes."

Her heart broke. "What in the hell?" She grew red