His Gentleness

A frown formed on his face at her silence. Sitting up, he observed her and questioned, “Are you feeling alright?”

Esther felt foreign to the care in his tone. It made her flustered.

She nodded her head.

“Was a little thirsty,” Esther explained.

“You cried for that?” He raised an eyebrow.

Esther immediately shook her head, wondering what image he had of her to even bring up.

“Just pulled on an injury.”

He knitted his eyebrows and commented, “So fucking delicate. Don’t move then.”

Getting down from the bed, he left the room. Honestly, Esther was shocked to learn that Asher saved her. How did he even know where she was kept?

That made her look at her bandaged wrist and recall about her siblings. Did they know she was missing? They must be worried. However, her phone wasn’t with her, and she couldn’t make a call.

She wondered how long had she been unconscious for.

Regardless of how comfortable it was