When Aurelia woke,Santino pulled back the softness in his gaze,and his eyes hardened into coldness again.When he finally spoke,it wasn’t out of concern but filled with questioning.
“Why did you go to the hospital?The follow-up call came to me.”
She remembered her last visit for the brain tumor.The doctor had told her to come back for a checkup.She hadn’t thought much of it and,as always,filled in both her number and a family contact.
For the past ten years,that contact had been Santino.Perhaps the hospital hadn’t been able to reach her,so the call had gone to him,and maybe that was the only reason he came back.
“Just a routine checkup.”Aurelia kept her tone light,unwilling to let him know the truth of her illness.
Only then did Santino’s expression ease slightly,but almost at once his brows furrowed again when his eyes landed on the stomach medicine by her side.
In a daze,Aurelia felt that this moment overlapped with the way he used to take care of her years ago.She instinctively explained,“When I was eating,I didn’t think it was that spicy…”but before she could finish,she stopped herself.