Female Novel
Chapter 98 His Heart Aches
Chapter 98 His Heart Aches
However, Bennett seemed relaxed and didn't take her seriously. He asked, "Can you play tennis?"
"..."
What kind of question was that?
"You'll know if I play with you."
Bennett sneered, ready to receive the ball. He said, "Show me what you have got!"
Catalina served the ball.
The ball flew out, and Bennett easily caught it with the swing of his racket.
He remained in place without even moving his feet.
Seeing the ball flying back at her, Catalina quickly ran up, raised her arm and managed to catch the
ball and return it.
In this way, after a few rounds, although it seemed that Catalina would miss the ball every time,
Bennett and Vincent, who was standing outside the court, were surprised that she managed to return
every ball hit by Bennett.
The competition was becoming intense.
This girl was clearly pretending that she was poor at playing tennis, but actually, she had great skills!
In fact, Catalina's tennis skills were derived from playing badminton.
She joined the badminton club in college and was among the top female players. After practicing tennis
for half a year, she was not particularly outstanding, but because of her former experience of playing
badminton, she wasn't so far behind.
After Bennett realized that Catalina's tennis skills were not as bad as he had thought, he no longer
underestimated her and began to take this competition seriously.
Seeing the ball flying over, Bennett half-jumped to catch it and then hit it back hard.
Catalina held up her head and raised her racket to catch the ball.
But the tennis ball spun like a drill and came towards her at high speed.
She must be finished!
Catalina knew it was impossible to catch the ball and she almost immediately protected her head with
both her hands.
"Bang!"
The tennis ball hit her arm heavily.
In less than a second, her arm became congested and swollen.
"Ouch!"
Catalina screamed in pain.
Her small face twisted in agony.
With the other hand tightly covering the injured arm, her face turned slightly pale and cold sweat broke
out on her forehead.
"...I surrender."
She didn’t want to play tennis any longer.
Seeing this, Vincent didn't say a word. He just turned around and ran out.
Bennett never thought that she could catch the ball with her hand.
He was fully engaged in the game and had forgotten to control his strength.novelbin
Damn it!
Almost immediately, Bennett threw his racket and stormed towards Catalina with an angry face.
He scolded her as he ran toward her, "What's wrong with you? Why did you catch the ball with your
hand instead of using the racket? If you're so skilled, why don't you go play volleyball? Or should I sign
you up for the volleyball court next door?"
The burning anger surged within Bennett.
Catalina's arm had long gone numb from the pain.
She had never expected that instead of receiving an apology from Bennett, she would instead be
mocked and scolded by him.
Catalina was furious.
She covered her arm and was about to leave.
She wished she had never been here today.
"Where are you going?"
Bennett stepped forward and stopped her.
He looked at her swollen arm, his brows furrowed tightly in a knot.
How could she get hurt so badly?
"Going home. Do you want me to stand here and let you scold me to my face?"
Bennett reached out and poked her nose, saying, "That’s what you deserve!"
Catalina was angry and tried to push his hand away, but he firmly gripped her hand.
Her heart thumped.
She blushed with embarrassment and struggled to break free from his grasp.
But Bennett didn't let her go. Instead, he even tightened his grip and said, "Don't move! Your arm is
severely injured now. Can’t you just settle down and rest for a while?"
"..."
How could he treat her so harshly?
What’s more, didn’t she get injured because of him?
Bennett tightly grabbed her hand and with a gloomy face, he led her to sit on the nearby bench.
Catalina's fair arm were swollen with bruises which looked a little horrifying.
Bennett's eyebrows twitched and scolded her while holding her hands, "Catalina, are you an idiot? You
couldn't catch the ball, why didn't you try to dodge? This court is so spacious, why couldn’t you run a
few steps?"
"... I was scared silly at the time."
"You idiot!"
"Why do you keep scolding me?"
Catalina felt wronged and complained while withdrawing her hand, "You didn't get hurt anyway."
She murmured, "It was you who got me hurt like this."
Bennett looked at her with complicated eyes.
He didn't get hurt physically, but strangely his heart ached.
At that moment, Vincent ran back panting, "Mr. Shaffer, here is the liniment."
Vincent had been working for Bennett for so many years, and he couldn't say he knew everything about
him, but he was pretty confident that he could guess roughly what he was thinking.
Seeing the medicine, Catalina reached out to take it.
But Vincent avoided her hand and gave it to Bennett instead.
Catalina was speechless.
Bennett opened the bottle of bruise and injury medicine and held Catalina's arm.
Catalina blushed and felt embarrassed, saying, "I can do it myself."
But Bennett ignored her.
He poured the medicine on her injured area before quickly covering it with his other hand.
He looked at Catalina and said, "It might hurt a bit when I rub and spread the medicine on your arm,
but you have to endure it."
"I can't. I'm just really afraid of pain..."
Catalina closed her eyes, her face twisted in fear.
"If I don’t move the stagnant blood away by massaging, the bruise won't be rubbed out, and it will hurt
even more tomorrow."
Catalina opened her eyes slightly and looked at her arm. She said, "Then you have to promise me that
you'll be gentle. I'm afraid you'll take revenge. Ouch...you bastard!"
As she spoke, Bennett intentionally pressed down on her arm.
In fact, he didn't use much strength and he just wanted to tease her.
But he didn't expect Catalina to be in so much pain that she burst into tears. She cried, "Bennett, you
bastard! Stay away from me!"
She hit Bennett's arm in anger, trying to free her arm from his hand.
She looked pitiful with tears in her eyes.
Bennett immediately loosened his grip and explained, "I really didn't use much strength just now."
"You didn't use much strength? It hurts so much..."
Catalina lowered her head and blew on her injured arm.
Bennett's fingers suddenly held her chin up and lifted her head. He promised to her in a tender voice,
which was rare, "I won't take revenge or tease you, okay?"
Catalina blinked her watery eyes and felt her heart pounding.
With his cold fingers holding her chin, she felt like the skin of her chin touched by him was on fire.
But the next moment, she came to her senses and quickly took a few steps back as it felt like an
electric shock running through her body.
Her heart was still beating wildly, and her face blushed.
She nodded her head and said, "I'll trust you for now."
"But..."
"Anything else?" With her face in red, Catalina frowned and asked.
"Yes, you'll definitely still feel pain later, so you have to endure it because I really didn't use much
strength just now."
"..."
Catalina's face contorted in pain again.
Bennett gently rubbed her arm.
But Catalina's face changed because of pain and she exclaimed, "Ouch...it hurts!"
It really hurt, and it hurt like hell!