Chapter 72


    It was just a small gesture, but Alexander caught it. He quickly pressed the button to raise the car‘s


    partition that separated the driver and the back seat. Without waiting for Lily‘s consent, he picked up


    her injured foot and ced it on hisp. With the interior light on, he could see that Lily‘s ankle was red


    and swollen.


    Alexander frowned at the sight and asked, “Why are you so easily injured?”


    “How would I know?” Lily replied in a low voice.


    It was as though she was fragile when all she had was a sprain. Alexander was the one who caused


    this, or more urately, the way Edward drove the car.


    “Your bones are fine. You just need to apply some cream on it after we‘re back. Reduce walking for a


    few days.” Alexander made his conclusion after checking her foot.


    “You know how to check for injuries?” Lily was surprised.


    “Checking on simple bruises and sprains is not hard.” Alexander raised his head to look at her, and his


    frown deepened.


    “Your body...” Alexander said hesitantly after taking a whiff.


    Although he did not finish the sentence, the look on his face was obvious.


    “Me?” Lily was stunned for a moment as she looked at herself before asking, “Oh, do you mean the


    scent on my body?


    “...” Alexander did not reply.


    “I was doing some experiments in theb, and the smell got on me.” Lily wrapped her clothes closer to


    herself, but there was nothing she could do about it. This kind of odor adhered easily and was difficult


    to get rid of. She still had it on her, despite having washed her hands repeatedly.


    Lily had gotten used to it after smelling it for so long, but as expected, others could still smell it on her. It


    made sense that Edward looked at her hesitantly when she got in the car, but he said nothing “Lab?” A


    surprised look shed across Alexander‘s eyes, and he asked, “If I‘m not wrong, you‘re supposed to


    make nice–smelling perfumes, right?” Lily almostughed out loud, seeing his expression. His face


    seemed to ask, “Are you ying me?”


    “Yes, I‘m supposed to be making nice perfumes! However, there are thousands of variousplex


    ingredients avable. Even a peculiar smelling one can be analyzed and differentiated. My task was to


    do so on forty–eight differentponents of a particr mix. This will be helpful in the future.”


    Making perfumes may seem simple, but it‘s not. It‘s a lot moreplicated, needing a wide range of


    chemistry expertise. One could not persist in this field without deep interest.


    “...” After a while, Alexander kept silent.


    Lily assumed he was silent because he could not stand the smell, so she stopped exining


    Instead, she moved further away and rolled down the window to let fresh air in. It was a little


    embarrassing


    Lily had not expected him toe pick her up from work, so she could not get rid of the foul odor in


    time. Which was why they were currently in the embarrassing predicament.


    Suddenly, Lily felt a hand on her shoulder. Before she could turn around, she was pulled into a warm


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    “Why did you sit so far away? Were you afraid I would eat you up?” Alexander said in dissatisfaction as


    he hugged her tighter. “I‘m afraid I would stink you up, too.”


    “It doesn‘t stink!” He got close to her hair and took a deep breath to make his words more believable.


    “This smells so...cough...cough....”


    Alexander still choked at the smell and coughed several times. His bodily reaction betrayed his words.


    “I–I’ll shower once we get home.”