Kneeling for a Second Chance Novel

---- Chapter 305 Sebastian turned his head and shifted to his side, looking at Valeria sleeping with her head resting on the edge of her bed. She was still there. She didn't leave. Sebastian couldn't find words to describe what he felt at that moment. It was like a man who was dying of thirst in the desert finally finding a spring. He reached out and brushed his fingertips lightly against Valeria's cheek. Then, he propped himself up on one arm. Valeria's face was a little cold. She had rushed over yesterday, wearing only a simple pink long-sleeved loungewear.

He thought of finding something to drape over her, but apart from the heavy blanket covering him, there was nothing else in the ward. So, he slipped off his shirt and laid it over her shoulders. Then, he lay back down on his side. His stomach still hurt, and he pressed a clenched fist against it. As he watched Valeria's sleeping face, Sebastian suddenly felt as though he was no longer thirsty or in pain. From time to time, he reached out to tuck stray strands of hair behind her ear. She looked so docile in her sleep.

Her breathing was light and even, and her lashes would flutter ---- occasionally. When another strand of hair fell across her cheek and he reached out again to tuck it away, Valeria opened her eyes. Morning light flooded the room. She rubbed her sore neck and looked at the man lying on the bed. As she sat up, the shirt on her shoulders slipped off. Valeria's pajamas were silk and slippery, and so were Sebastian's. Valeria instinctively reached to pick it up. Then, she paused in confusion before tossing it back to him. "Put on your clothes. "What's there to be shy about?

It's nothing you haven't seen before," Sebastian commented, thinking that it was just a bare chest. Valeria frowned. "The doctor said your throat is injured. You're not supposed to talk." So, why was Sebastian still talking? In theory, he shouldn't have been able to. However, he forced himself anyway , even if it meant his voice came out hoarse and grating. Sebastian didn't tell her that every word he spoke tasted of blood. He only smiled faintly and said, "I don't have the strength. Help me put it on.

If you don't, the doctor will tell you to dress me when he sees your boyfriend half-naked anyway..." ---- Valeria grabbed the shirt, not wanting to dress him. In fact, she was even more tempted to stuff it into his mouth just to shut him up. However, she was afraid he would act up like last night. She lifted his arm and slid one sleeve on. As her fingers brushed across his back, she could feel the ridges of his bones without the barrier of a shirt. Under a suit, how thin he really was never seemed that obvious. Under her touch, every ridge of his spine seemed to stand out.

Against her will, her gaze fell to the scar across his chest again. Sensing her gaze, Sebastian buttoned his shirt. "It's ugly. Don't look." He even wondered if he should get cosmetic surgery for the scar. He didn't care about it, but he dreaded that Valeria might dislike it. Valeria straightened her back and went along with his words. " Exactly. It's ugly, but you're all skin and bones anyway. There's nothing worth looking at." Sebastian tightened his abdomen, grabbed her hand, and lifted his shirt for her to feel. She tried to pull back but was shocked by his strength.

How could he still be this strong after collapsing the night before? ---- Her hand landed on lean muscles. Her expression made it obvious that she was surprised that there were still abs despite his skinny frame. 'The veins across his abdomen even twitched against her palm. "T'll start training again when I'm discharged. My abs will be back to how they were in no time," Sebastian said. Just then, a nurse came in. "These two pills need to be taken onan empty stomach..." She froze at the sight before her.

"I'll just leave them here." After she placed the medicine on the nightstand of the adjacent bed, she left after glancing at the two of them. Valeria snapped back to her senses, and her cheeks started to heat up as she yanked her hand away. From the nurse's perspective earlier, Valeria's hand had been placed on Sebastian's lower abdomen, looking like...