He slowly opened his eyes. She really did... come back, just like last time. Even though she was scared of him, disgusted with him, maybe even hated him, she still could not bear to see him in pain, right? At the thought of that, even the pain seemed to subside a little.

Jackson opened his mouth and swallowed the medicine that Serenity fed him.

She could not help looking at his lips. As expected, she saw teeth marks there. He must have been in great pain earlier.

"If you keep looking at my lips like this, it'll make me think that you want to kiss me," Jackson said.

Serenity suddenly came back to her senses. Her face instantly turned red. "I was just looking at your lips because they're bleeding. I don't have any other intentions."

"Even if... you have other intentions, it's fine. If it's you, you can kiss me anytime you want," he said. Although his face was still pale and his forehead was drenched in sweat, he could talk normally now.

Serenity looked away to avoid eye contact so