GUARDED HEAT のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 21 - チャプター 30

"Good!" Gunner exclaimed with a huge grin on his face. "Then I'll start asking now."I did not respond to him and just rolled my eyes instead, which he saw but completely ignored. I, then, averted my gaze from him and went back to staring at the white wall."Jill, Rafael, and Louis," he started, which made my ears perk. How the hell did he know those names?As if he sees through me, he answered my questions without me even needing to voice them. "I told you. Zach has filled me in with some of the details.""That traitor," I muttered through gritted teeth after remembering that Gunner actually had already said that.That Zach. I am so going to kick his balls once I see him again."Don't get mad at him. He was only worrying about you. I still dislike that arrogant prick, but I can tell that he cares about you, so cut him some slack," Gunner said, acting as if he had read my mind again."That'll be up to me," I responded in an irritated tone.Gunner just shook his head and did not respon

“Finally!” Layland exclaimed when I informed him that we can now go home after staying at the hospital overnight.“Do you need help?” I asked him as he was trying to get out of the bed.“I’m fine,” he easily responded, but still ended up wincing the moment he tried to sit down.I shook my head and sighed. “There is nothing wrong in admitting that you’re in pain, you know?” I told him as I made my way to assist him in getting out of the bed.He pouted. “I am not in so much pain for me to be asking for help from you,” he said, but did nothing to stop me from helping him.I just shook my head again and said nothing more. This brat hates losing to me, so he surely won’t stop once I respond to him.“You’re ready?” I asked instead.“Oh, I’m ready as hell. I can’t wait to get out of this hospital.”I held the door open for him. “You’re talking as if you have been staying here for weeks. May I remind you that it’s not even twenty-four hours yet since you got confined, and now you’re getting o

I sensed the guilt and the blame Annie was putting on herself, so I immediately tried to console her by saying, "Don't feel too bad about it. The only one that should be feeling bad is the person who did it, whoever they are. Do you have an idea who it could be?""It could be Lindsey or Mila," Annie answered after a couple of minutes of thinking.I nodded at her response.Lindsey and Mila. The first and only close encounter I had with Lindsey was when she bravely tried to flirt with me and got caught by Layland. Since then, she did not try to come close to me again. I felt her staring at me a number of times, though, but other than that, she did not make a move anymore. As for Mila, the cook, I've never really had a decent interaction or conversation with her. The only times I was able to have a conversation with her were when she asked me if I was allergic to any food or drinks and whenever she would tell me to go eat. And just like Lindsey, I also felt her staring at me sometimes, a

A numerous and gentle tapping on my shoulder woke me up from my deep slumber.I groaned in irritation, and with my eyes still closed, I murmured, "Stop."But the tapping did not stop, and instead, it only went a bit stronger, which made my groaning go louder and my forehead furrow."Come on, Layland. Get up. You've been sleeping for hours," says someone who sounded so much like Gunner...or maybe it really was Gunner.Realizing that, I unconsciously opened my eyes, only to be greeted by Gunner's face so close to me it made me almost shriek.With my forehead still furrowed and my lips pouting, I pushed his face away from me and sat down. "What the hell? Why do you have to be so close?" I said in a hoarse voice but was still clearly irritated.I don't know how long I have been asleep. All I knew was that it still wasn't enough. I was actually planning to sleep for the whole day since I didn't get a decent sleep last night.Ever since I was a kid, staying in a hospital has always been unc

“But isn’t Mila the same?” Gunner asked while frowning.“Kind of?” I answered. “There’s just a thin line of difference between the two of them, actually. Lindsey hates me, while Mila dislikes my gender identity and my gender preference. Mila only dislikes me for being gay and liking men, while Lindsey hates me for everything that I am.”“And why do you think that she hates you?”I rolled my eyes. “Isn’t it obvious? It’s jealousy. I have everything that she doesn’t have, so it led her to being jealous of me.”Gunner asked again. “Don’t you think it’s also because of the way you treat her?”“I am only treating her the same way she’s treating me,” I answered in a defensive tone, as I did not like the way Gunner was asking me. I don’t know if it was on purpose, but the way he was asking me sounded like he was implying that I was the main problem, that my attitude and my behavior towards Lindsey were the reason why she was being a bitch and a blabbermouth when, in fact, I was only treating