Female Novel
Chapter 71
After a while, room service had finally delivered a bowl of porridge, which John had specially instructedto be prepared as soft and smooth as possible. He first left it on the table for it to cool off before lettingSophia drink some warm water. Her being sick had made her rather weak and defenseless. At thispoint, she was even somewhat obedient.
After taking some water, he asked her if her gastric pain had gotten any better. Sophia grunted slowlywith her eyes closed. No one knew if that was a genuine answer or a casual remark.
As John brought the bowl of porridge over, he helped Sophia up before feeding her while blowing on it.Sophia was indeed starving. No matter how sleepy she was, she still managed to swallow some of theporridge. After that, John got a napkin and gently helped her wipe her mouth.
Sophia peered at him and smiled. “I’d never imagine there’d be a day you’d treat me this nicely.” All ofa sudden, John stopped wiping her mouth. Then, Sophia slid back down the bed and covered herselfup with the blanket. She wriggled until she found the perfect position and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, John continued to watch her from the side for a while before putting things away andleaving the room. Everything that had transpired had tired him out, but he was not sleepy enough to fallasleep as he lay on the couch. He then put his hands under his head and stared at the black ceiling,reckoning that he would not be able to visit any place tomorrow. He was not even sure if Sophia wouldrecover by then. However, he was not too bothered by that, as there were not too many places that hewanted to visit. After all, this whole trip did not feel right to him, and it did not help that right now he hadtotally lost his mood to do anything.
The man wandered in his thoughts for a good while before closing his eyes and forcing himself to fallasleep.
Sophia had been stable throughout the night and was able to sleep the next morning. As for John, hisbiological clock would wake him up at the same time the next morning no matter how late he stayed upthe night before. After getting up, he quickly went up to her only to find that she was still asleep—and inthe same position as last night.
John felt somewhat distressed. Why is she still in the same position? Is she dead? He went up to herand placed his finger under her nose to see if she was still breathing. After confirming that she was stillbreathing, he chuckled to himself and proceeded to touch her forehead. He realized that her fever hadgone away quite substantially, and it was no longer as bad as it was yesterday.
At this point, he patted Sophia’s shoulder. “Sophia, are you awake?” novelbin
Finally, Sophia opened her eyes, looking drowsy; he then heard a rather hoarse voice coming from her.“Huh?”
All of a sudden, John felt himself getting an erection. He despised himself for having such a reaction ata time like this. It was ridiculous since he had never been too keen on being physically involved withany women. Now that he was like this, it seemed abnormal. He then took a deep breath and retreatedfrom her bed. “Let’s get you moving since you’re awake. Your fever is almost gone. We’ll grabsomething to eat downstairs.”
It took her a while to respond before she slowly got up and staggered her way to the bathroom. Shewas extremely slow when she was freshening herself up. Every single action of hers was slower thanusual.
Since John had not freshened up, he thought he should do that too. As such, he moved over and stoodnext to her as the mirror in front of the sink was huge enough for both of them to use. Now, Johnregretted not having done this before they got divorced, and now that they were doing it, it felt awkwardfor him.
Meanwhile, Sophia did not seem to feel this way. Instead, she kept on staring at him in the mirror. Shebrushed her teeth really slowly and her eyes looked dull. Even after John was done, she was still takingher time to wash her face.
John then left the bathroom and decided to take out all her antipyretics and gastric medicine. As therewere a lot of different gastric medicines and John thought that she could not take these different kindsof medications at the same time, he decided to put the gastric medicine away before helping her makeher bed. At this point, Sophia finally came out, looking clean and refreshed.
John then stood up. “Let’s go and find Zack. Then, we’ll go and get some food.”
Sophia kept quiet and walked behind him. For reasons unbeknownst to him, he was not used to herbeing so quiet.