Chapter 174

Lily stepped into the bathroom, still feeling the heaviness of everything that had just happened between them. Her head ached from the tension, and her right arm throbbed faintly beneath the plaster. She opened the cabinet and placed her clean pajamas on top, glancing at her reflection in the mirror, pale face, tired eyes, hair slightly tangled. She sighed quietly and reached to pull her t-shirt off, but it wasn’t easy with just one hand. Her left arm struggled to lift the hem, her right arm uselessly hanging by her side. She tried again, gritting her teeth, but the fabric refused to come off properly. “Damn it,” she muttered, frustrated, tugging harder. The more she tried, the more the pain spread through her shoulder. It was humiliating, standing there half-stuck in her own clothes, but she didn’t want to ask for help especially his help. And just as she thought of him, the bathroom door creaked open. She froze. “Are you crazy?” she snapped, spinning around to see David step inside.