Kent's gaze at me suddenly narrowed, his throat moved, and he said in a low, hoarse voice:

"Fool. Like this, you'll catch a cold."

As he spoke, however, he reached out to turn up the air conditioning a bit. But just as he leaned forward, I put my arms around his waist.

"Darling. Today, let me take care of you, okay?"

"How do you want to take care of me?" His body is stiff, but his fingertips aren't affected, still calmly turning up the air conditioning.

"You'll see."

My hand rested on his waist, waiting for him to be forthright with me...... I then moved to kneel in front of...