After Natalie repeated that several times, she had managed to feed him almost the entire glass of water.

Seeing that the crease of his brows had eased, she breathed a sigh of relief.

 

“Just how much did you have to drink?” she muttered at the stench of alcohol hanging in the air.

Then, she shrugged helplessly before placing the back of her hand on his forehead to check whether he was running a fever.

After all, it was common to contract a fever from overindulgence.

 

Fortunately, Shane wasn’t running a fever — he was merely sloshed.

At that, Natalie’s heart that was lodged in her throat finally settled back in her chest. She then got up and went to the bathroom for a basin of water to wipe him down.

Having done all that, she pulled the covers over him and made to leave.

Out of the blue, Shane abruptly grabbed her hand. In a hoarse voice, he cried out, “Don’t go!”

 

Thinking that he was awake, she hurriedly whirled around only to realize that he was merely talking in his sleep.

 

“Don’t go!” the man repeated once more.

“I’ll stay.” Natalie sat back down on the edge of the bed.

 

for his grip on her hand loosened a smidge, and he didn’t clutch

merely stared at

his face gradually faded. As

Shane’s eyelids twitched. In the next moment, he opened his

Natalie, he frowned. “Why

on Natalie’s face instantly disappeared. “You were drunk, so I

Huh? I was drunk?

for drinks with Jackson. He accidentally imbibed because of everything that had happened in the past two days, so he then

you feeling unwell anywhere, Shane?” Natalie inquired when she noticed

that he was holding her hand. His expression darkened, and he

the air had been sucked out of her when he dropped his hand, and her anguish snowballed when she heard

stay and keep you company tonight?” she

want to give me a chance to talk to him, I’ll take the initiative to stay the night with him. Perhaps

his

lip, Natalie pleaded,

“Leave!” Shane snapped.

in Natalie’s eyes vanished, and her expression dimmed. She got up

A glimmer of distress flashed across his eyes at the

again when

the door behind her. Then, she leaned against the door. Looking up at the

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