While Serenity was stunned for a moment, John took the tissue from her and carefully wiped the water off her sleeves. Then, he pulled out a small part of her inner sleeve over the sleeves of her windbreaker a little so that the wet parts would not stick to her skin.
"Are you feeling better?" His clear voice was low and gentle.
She pulled her hand back, still feeling the warmth of his fingertips on the skin of her wrist. "Much better." After a pause, she said, "Thank you, President Grant."
The immediate distance she put between them simply from her words felt as if she had just stabbed John. He pursed his pale lips and difficultly said, "Serene, we shouldn't be like this."
"From the moment you decided to marry my Sis, we were already destined to end up like this." She was unfazed.
John held her shoulders and seriously said, "But you know-"
"That won't change the truth!" She interrupted him, though rather calmly which scared John a little.
