Apparently, he was fine with getting lectured by Ruka. “Of course. No more secrets,” he promised. Later, Ss came in with two


    nurses who helped change the dressing of his wound. Ruka stepped aside. When she saw how severe his wound was, she felt


    her heart squeeze.


    The bandages were taken off, and they started putting disinfectants on the wound. Ruka crouched down and held his hand to


    help distract him from the pain.


    Ren held her hand. He tried his best not to even flinch despite the pain. The nurses left after they changed the wound dressing.


    Ss said, “Miss Singed, I''ll need you to clean his upper body.”


    Ruka blushed, but she nodded. “Sure. I''ll do that right away.”


    Ren looked at Ss. Hey, I’m injured here. | don’t wanna get a boner when I’m injured. Even so, he was looking forward to her


    cleaning him.


    Ruka went and prepared the stuff needed to clean Ren up. She wanted to give him the best service he could get.


    She came back with a basin of water and a towel, then thoroughly wiped him off. Thedy was so serious, she didn’t even get


    any ideas about him. Her eyes were shining with a holy light.


    Ren peered at Ruka, his eyes sparkling. He looked at her beautiful eyes, her aquiline nose, and finally, her crimson lips. He felt


    his throat tightening up, and he gulped. “My neck next, please,” he said huskily.


    Ruka quickly wiped his neck. She was an inch away from him. A smile curled Ren’s lips as he held her chin and pushed it up. He


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    She stopped breathing for a moment, but she didn’t back off or refuse the kiss. Ren moved his hand to the back of her head,


    then he held her neck, pulling her closer for a deeper kiss.


    The kiss went on until his chest was heaving and stabs of pain wereing from his wound. He reluctantly epted that as the


    end of the kiss, but before they parted lips, he bit her lower lip.


    Ruka pursed her lips and looked at him shyly. “Just focus on healing up. Don’t do anything stupid for now.” He narrowed his


    eyes. “What do you mean ‘anything stupid? Care to borate?”


    She blinked at him and turned around to pick the basin up. “Just don’t do it.”


    Ren heaved a sigh. Darn it. | could have slept with her today. If | get my hands on those b*stards, I''ll kill them!


    Ss came to check in on him. He noticed an increase in Ren’s heart rate, but then that was possibly because of Rukaing in


    close contact with him, so he didn’t check on that.


    Elijah got Ruka a room to make it easier for her to care for Ren while he was down. A momentter, an important guest turned up


    in the ward and talked to Ren for half an hour. He was even more of a bigshot than Ren was, and Ren respected this man a lot.


    One good thing that came out of this ident was him getting a month of rest before the election.


    “Rest up. I''ll handle everything. You''ve worked hard.” The man in his fifties g s gave people the feeling that he was an aristocrat


    or royalty. His eyes glinted with wisdom and intellect.


    “Your nephew''s taking over the investigation. | believe he''ll find the assassins who attacked you. We won''t let this slide, and | will


    clear the system of any canker. They will pay for this.”