"Don't neglect yourself." he lectured her while he was swabbing antiseptic on the small gash on her palm. "And why do you have to hide it from me?"
Jess didn't trust herself to speak at all. Even when the alcohol stung her skin she kept her mouth tightly shut. She also kept her eyes glued on her hands. She didn't dare to look up to see Noah's face, for her eyes will surely be drawn to his Adam's apple bobbing seductively every time he swallowed his saliva.
"Is it painful?" he stopped putting antiseptic on her wound when he glanced up and saw Jess biting her lower lip.
The gentleness of Noah's voice disturbed her in an unspeakable way. She tilted her head up to glance at his face. Her eyes landed on his blue eyes staring at her, which seems to peek at every hidden part of her soul. She felt naked under his gaze.
