Her heart ached with the knowledge that his injuries were a result of her actions, and the simple request he had made seemed so small in comparison.

She knew how much he detested feeling unclean, and the thought of him being unable to bathe only added to his discomfort.

With a newfound tenderness in her heart, Ariana surrendered to Theodore's request. Nodding, she promised, “Okay. I will fetch you warm water to soothe and cleanse your body."

Theodore's gaze lingered on Ariana's back, a smile slowly spreading across his face.

As she prepared a basin of hot water and a fluffy towel, Ariana was faced with a new challenge.

Would it be appropriate for her to remove Theodore's clothes herself?

But, how could she clean his body if he remained dressed?

With a deep breath and eyes closed tightly, Ariana mustered up the courage to touch Theodore's body.

With eyes closed and hands fumbling, Ariana tried to wash Theodore's body. But the process was not going well, causing Theodore to intervene.

“How could you do it like this?" he asked, the towel in his mouth muffling his words.

“Is this your way of expressing your dissatisfaction with me?"

Ariana hesitated, and then replied in a timid voice, "No, I'm not dissatisfied."

“Then do it properly," Theodore commanded, his voice firm and unwavering.

“Got it." With a determined nod, Ariana took a deep breath and forced herself to think of Theodore as a fragile, elderly man, bedridden and in need of her care. Steeling herself, she quickly removed Theodore's clothes, determined to properly tend to his needs.

Ariana felt shy and embarrassed when she had to clean Theodore's body. However, her shyness was gone when she stripped him half-naked.

She carefully wiped and cleaned Theodore's body as if he were a fragile treasure.

Still, she couldn't help admiring Theodore's fantastic figure. His muscles were not only perfectly shaped and distributed but also well-defined. He didn't look like a patient who was disabled and weak at all.

It seemed that Theodore was strict with his workout regimes. Even though he was disabled, he didn't give up exercising.

Ariana squeezed Theodore's biceps lightly and sighed in her heart. How much weight training he had done to maintain these muscles?

Ariana was immersed in her thoughts as she wiped Theodore's chest, back, upper body, and lower body. She seemed like someone experienced, totally different from her bashful self from earlier.