Frowning, Roxanne insisted, “I’m fine, and I don’t need special care anymore. It’s unnecessary for you to stay back. You can’t get a good rest here, anyway.”

She did not want to owe him anything more than she already did.

Her voice sounded awkwardly loud in the quiet hospital ward at midnight.

Dead silence filled the room upon her words.

However, the man did not seem to have any intention of leaving.

She dug her fingernails into her palms as she explained in a slightly ...