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Chapter 21: In Which It Was So Close

作者: Neha Baig
last update 最終更新日: 2021-05-08 08:10:14

A week and a half passed to Alexander's injury, his stitches, even though healed were still a little sore but it was nothing he couldn't handle.

During that whole time his little girlfriend had acted like a mother hen, making him food, feeding it to him and once she even went as far as offering to take him to the bathroom to which he declined with great emphasis. It was quite adoring for him that she was caring for him like that but only to a point and that line was drawn on when she made that offer. He was quite capable of doing stuff on his own it was only that he found it really endearing and she insisted was he letting her do stuff for him.

What annoyed the hell out of him because of that injury was the fact that he wasn't able to keep an eye on Isla the whole day and they only got to be together during the night.

However, today was going to be his first day back to duty since he got injured and maybe it was the anticipation of it that had him up early at 6

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