Liang Jian Amal continued to hold her patiently. He had to restrain himself, he desperately wanted to check her injuries, but he knew she needed this release. So he knelt there, a rock for her in her storm of emotions.---- ----
Chang sobbed against his shoulder, letting up all the darkness bottled inside her chest. If he hadn"t been there... she hated to think what would have happened if Jian hadn"t arrived when he did.
"Wait, how was he there..?" Chang looked up at Jian with her tear filled eyes, she wanted to ask him, but her voice wouldn"t seem to work. She then looked at his shirt, she had just made a b.l.o.o.d.y, dirty mess out of. She was slightly embarra.s.sed, realizing too that she was naked in front of him. Chang started to pull back out of his embrace, to try to cover herself.
The man held her tightly in his arms though, refusing to let her wiggle away. One of his hands firmly held the back of her head. The other hand slipped down her back, causing her to shiver at its touch, to dip into the water briefly. He sighed into her ear, ruffling the fine hairs there as he leaned forward.. Chang felt her face flush, "ah, what"s he doing?!" A second later she had her answer though.
He pulled the drain plug, and started to run fresh water into the tub, draining the water that was already dark.. Jian grabbed one of the small towels from the cabinet, and ran it under the tap. He then rocked back on his heels, so that he could see her face. Chang felt a little terrified at the enraged expression on his face, and flinched. His expression softened slightly seeing that he had scared her unintentionally.
Jian drew the wet cloth to her face, wiping as gently as he could, Chang couldn"t help drawing away from his hand. Where it had touched her skin there was searing pain, like fire burning.
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Liang Jian Amal saw the pain in Chang"s eyes after trying to wipe her bloodied cheek. His hand trembled with the influx of emotions that threatened to take over him.
He whispered hoa.r.s.ely after a minute, "just stay still, i have to check your injuries."
He could see that she wanted to reject him immediately,but after a minute of internal warring, she closed her eyes with her arms folded protectively across her chest. It hurt him to see her so on the defensive, but there was nothing he could do about that at the moment.
As soft as a baby breath he wiped the cloth across her face multiple times, revealing the tender bruised skin under all the blood and street grit. After her face he wanted to continue with her body, but as she was already so shy, he couldn"t. At least right now.
Liang Jian Amal sighed, they had a lot of progress to recover together. He set down the cloth and stood.
" I have to make a phone call, finish your bath and ill clean up your injuries as soon as you"re out."
Eyes wide she silently nodded at him.
As soon as he stepped out, he whipped out his phone and punched his a.s.sistant"s number in. After a few rings,he answered, sounding like he just rolled out of bed.
"yes Boss."
"Get to the alley between xx street and xx, near Chang"s work. There"s two men unconscious in the alley way, I want them apprehended immediately! Also call lawyer Zhen, bury those two men. They are never to see the light of day again!" Liang Jian Amal snarled into the phone and immediately hung up.
He smoked a cigarette on the balcony, lost in his thoughts until he heard a voice from behind him all of a sudden.
"When did you start smoking?"
Liang Jian Amal saw her standing in the doorway, with an over-sized white towel wrapped around her damp hair dripping hanging loose, dripping around her. He immediately snubbed out the cigarette, turned and swept her up in his arms, and walked inside; ignoring her protests.