Chapter 36
Valerie was also being pressured by her family, nearly marrying a man in his thirties who was divorced, so she could fully understand Katherine’s refusal to marry. And from the current situation, Caleb was indeed quite good to Katherine. So, Valerie thought Katherine and Caleb could take their own course.
“You know what, sometimes I think you’re very nice, just like my sister. No one understands me but only you do,” Katherine hugged Valerie’s arm and said in a cute way.
Valerie smiled. “You can treat me like your sister.”
When Matthew came back, Katherine was gone and Valerie had showered, and was sitting on the couch squirming as she applied medicine to herself. When she saw Matthew return, she subconsciously tried to gather up the medications scattered all over the table. “Mr. Grant, sorry. I’ll clean it up in a minute.”
Matthew frowned and simply stepped forward, clasping her wrist. “You’re afraid of me?”
For some reason, although he was already used to others being afraid of him, just like her friend who was so scared and guarded against him as if he was a bad guy just now, watching her being afraid of him like others now made him feel bad inside. He actually appreciated the fact that she dared to look into his eyes every time she spoke.
Valerie felt her cheeks get a little hot and shook her head. “No, Mr. Grant. Could you let go of me first?”
Actually, Matthew misunderstood her. She just felt embarrassed. When they were outside earlier, she hadn’t felt embarrassed because someone else was present, but now that she had just taken a shower, she couldn’t help but think about last night’s incident as soon as she saw him, making her instantly feel awkward.
“If you’re not afraid of me, what’s there to hide?” Matthew’s eyes glanced over her elbow and simply took the swab stick from her right hand, only to see her still standing stiffly in place. He couldn’t help but lower his voice. “Sit down.”
His words had the power of a command, and Valerie froze before realizing he was planning to apply medicine to her wound. Without thinking, her body had involuntarily and obediently sat down.
“Raise your hand.” Matthew’s words were simple but powerful.
Valerie raised her arm, and Matthew’s brow furrowed. He saw a thin patch of small cuts on her arm, interspersed with two deep incisions, but that wasn’t the worst of it. The worst was that her wound was clearly rinsed with water, and blood gradually seeped out from the wound.
Does she have any common sense at all? She shouldn’t even get water on a wound like this until it’s healed.‘ Matthew was angry. “You’re injured like this and you’re taking a shower directly?”
Valerie was startled by his low, deep tone and hesitated for a moment before whispering, “I forgot.”
She’d been chatting with Katherine so much that she’d forgotten she had wounds on her arm. She’d taken a shower straight after walking Katherine away, and only remembered about the wounds halfway through the shower when she felt the pain in her arm.
Matthew was speechless at her answer. ‘She looks pretty smart, but how come she’s so stupid in her actions?‘
Matthew angrily dipped some potion to wipe her wound and asked her, “How did it hurt?”
Although Valerie was a bit embarrassed. Seeing that Matthew was really serious about applying the medicine to her, a smile appeared on her face again. She thought secretly, ‘Although he always looks cold, he is indeed a warm–hearted and good person.
She told him about the morning when she saved the old lady. “The old lady is so poor. Her family doesn’t pay any attention to her and they actually just let her out there alone. It’s really irresponsible. What if that car really hit her? It would be too late for them to regret it.”
“Indeed, this kind of offspring is not very responsible.” Matthew frowned. His grandmother was old too and he was very contemptuous of those ungrateful descendants who didn’t disregard the elderly.
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