Chapter 78 Bumped Into His Chin
With his fast reflexes, Colton managed to grab Nicole, but he couldn’t stop his body from falling. Nicole also habitually reached forward and grabbed Colton’s sleeve.
Because of this fall, Nicole opened her mouth in horror, and her teeth just happened to bump into Colton’s chin.
Colton originally thought that he could support Nicole’s weight, but he never expected the two of them would make a beeline for the floor. Accompanied by the tingling sensation on his chin, Colton’s already injured butt once again hit the ground, this time with a heavy object pressing down on his body. Subsequently, he grunted in pain. Though it was still early in the morning, he had received two heavy blows in succession, and Colton felt his mind turn hazy.
Nicole clearly felt her teeth knocking on his chin as well. Despite that, she hurriedly reached out and tried to prop herself up. In her hurry, her arm weakened, and she collapsed again on the spot where she had just smashed her teeth onto.
Fortunately, Nicole had already closed her mouth this time, and her lips landed on his chin.
However, Colton could still feel a tingling pain. After all, he had just suffered from a heavy blow that directly caused him to bleed from his chin. Even if it was her lips that pressed down on his chin this time, it still hurt.
Afraid that something else would happen, Nicole simply rolled to the side before slowly getting up.
Colton had also gotten up, but he looked a little worse for wear. His handsome face looked dark and glum, and most importantly, there was blood seeping from his chin.
The silence in the room grew thick with embarrassment.
Nicole toughened up and carefully glanced up, saying a little tearfully, “I’m sorry, President Gardner, I… I didn’t mean to…” Although her words were sincere, she had no confidence at all. She didn’t expect her legs to give out on her. In hindsight, it felt like she was taking advantage of him.
Colton stretched out his hand and touched his chin. He looked at the blood stains on his fingertips, and then glanced at Nicole’s guilty expression. At the sight of it, he couldn’t get angry even if he wanted to. Then, he mustered a small smile and said calmly in a hoarse voice, “It’s alright.”
Saying that, Colton turned around and paused before continuing, “I’m going downstairs first. Miss Anderson, please come down once you’re done washing up.”
“Okay.” Nicole nodded with her back toward him. Once Colton left the room, she covered her face and flopped onto the bed. I’ve never been so embarrassed in my entire life! When she thought of the scene earlier, she yearned for a hole to open up in the floor so she could bury herself in it. That was so awkward!
Nicole sat at the head of the bed, unable to recover for a long time. Her face flushed instantly whenever she recalled what had happened. How embarrassing!
She loitered in her room for a long time, but still had to leave in the end.
When she left the room, she was still wearing loose pajamas, making her look like a child that had stolen an adult’s clothes. However, she couldn’t find the clothes she had worn yesterday, so she had no choice but to come out like this.
Downstairs, Annie had already prepared the food, and Colton was sitting at the dining table, eating slowly.
Taking small steps, Nicole walked down and snuck a peek at Colton. She was grateful to Colton from the bottom of her heart for yesterday’s incident. After all, if it weren’t for him, she would have lost her dignity.
As she took her seat, Annie immediately brought her some porridge with a smiling face. “Miss, you had a fever last night, and you probably don’t have much appetite in the morning. Please have some porridge.”
Nicole nodded and thanked her politely, “All right, thank you.” She really didn’t have much of an appetite at the moment, and her mouth felt bland because of the fever.
Then, she lowered her head and ate, neither of them saying a word. A while later, she secretly glanced up at Colton. Although there wasn’t much expression on his face as he lowered his head and ate his meal stiffly, whenever he looked up, she could see the imprint on his chin.
