Chapter 279 Lying To Her So That She Would Continue Massaging His Wrist
As Jean watched Neera’s gentle demeanor, he could feel the frustration in him slowly fade away. He even felt like laughing for some reason.
Neera caught sight of his smiling face. She looked at him suspiciously.
“Why are you smiling like that?”
Jean answered lazily, “Normally, you are always brash and adamant, and you never fear anyone. Now, after getting an earful from your kids, it seems that you lose some of your energy, huh?”
Neera recalled how the triplets were scolding her in the car, and she could not suppress her sense of
embarrassment.
Her face slowly turned red, but she tried not to let her embarrassment show.
“I listened to them because I don’t want them to worry about me. They must have been scared out of their wits after what happened just now, so I have to listen to them seriously. That way, they know that I’m not taking this matter lightly.”
Jean’s eyes were bottomless. Something flashed by in those dark pits.
Neera and the triplets only had each other to care for. They must view each other as the most important people in their lives.
If tragedy really struck them, none of them would be able to take it.
Their bond somehow touched him deep down in his heart. He was not a talkative person, but he decided to give her a piece of his mind.
“If you know that they would be worried, you should always watch your surroundings carefully. If I hadn’t acted in time, tragedy would have happened. Putting aside the fact that you would get hurt, who could take care of them afterward?”
Neera felt slightly annoyed at the repetitive advice. She talked back at him, “I know, I know! Stop giving me another earful. The triplets have reminded me enough, so do I really need to get an earful from you too? I know. I will be more careful next time and not make the same mistake again. Got it?”
Jean’s face sank a little when he saw the desperate look on her face. He replied, “I am hurt because of you, yet you can’t let me say something?”
Neera was stumped. She had no words for his reply.
In the end, she muttered, “You can tell me off however you want, but you better not go overboard!”
Jean felt funny to hear that statement, but at the same time, he no longer felt the need to reprimand her.
After all, he was not someone who would pick up on her mistakes repeatedly.
He changed the topic.
Neera’s eyes were frosty. She snickered coldly. “Yeah, you’re damn right about that.”
Upon hearing that, Neera frowned.
“How can that be? Do you want to visit the doctor tomorrow? What if you hurt your bones? I think it would be a good idea to get your hand examined.”
“There’s no need for that.” Jean pressed on his wrist and continued, “If my bones really hurt that much, I wouldn’t be able to feel my hand anymore. Do you think you can still massage my wrist like that?”
Neera thought that he had a point. She took his hand again and continued to massage it.
Jean looked down at her pale skin and at her slender fingers. For some reason, he was entranced.
In fact, this was just a minor injury. He no longer felt that much pain compared to just now.
Despite that, he told Neera that he was still in pain.
Why would he want her to rub his wrist even longer than she needed to? What was he thinking?
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