Kevan's fingertips had calluses on them, probably from long-term typing. When they brushed over Larissa's skin, electricity raced through her body from that point of contact.

Larissa's face was so red, and she could not help but move a bit.

Kevan thought that he wanted to pull her leg away, so he quickly grabbed her ankle. "Don't move." He lowered his voice. "The medicine is not absorbed into your skin yet. It'll rub onto the sheets."

Larissa stilled at once. She was very stiff as she replied quietly, "Okay." Then, she looked down and unknowingly picked at the sheets, causing deep wrinkles in the cloth.

Kevan gazed at the top of her head as he controlled his urge to touch it. He changed to a lighter topic. "How was your first day at Blue Star? Okay?"

"Yeah, it wasn't bad." Larissa's fingers moved from the bed to her back. She rubbed at the place that ached. "It's just that I sat for the whole day, and it didn't feel so good."

She used to work in a hotel, so she rarely sat down fo