She looked at the empty bowl on the bedside table and asked in surprise, "Mr. Schultz, did you feed her the entire bowl?"

Jarrod held up his arms and nodded with a frown.

The nurse was dedicated to her work. Since she didn't know who Jarrod was, she only treated him as an ordinary person. She said, “Miss Lawrence has a weak stomach, and she has just woken up. She can't eat too much. And she isn't able to speak, so you have to learn to observe her expressions."

Expressions? Jarrod thought for a moment. Then, he realized he hadn't seen any expressions from Nicole just now.

The nurse thought Jarrod was a careless person. She asked him to clean up his clothes in the bathroom. Then, she cleaned up Nicole's bed.

It was already late when she finished cleaning up.

The nurse wiped Nicole's body, changed the bed sheet, and tidied the bed. Then, she tucked Nicole in and sat by the bedside while Nicole closed her eyes.

When Jarrod returned to the ward after changing his shirt, he asked the nurse to have a rest.

The dim night light created a shadow of Jarrod's tall and straight figure. His angular and resolute facial features were highlighted, revealing a cold and rugged handsomeness.

His dark eyes were emotionless while he stared at Nicole on the bed.

Nicole was very thin, and she looked too small now. Nicole was 5.6 feet tall. But as she lay on the bed now, her height was imperceptible.

Jarrod slowly approached her and reached out to brush aside the stray hair on her mouth, But as soon as his fingers touched her hair, she slapped him fiercely.

Caught off guard, he bore the slap. Five red fingerprints immediately appeared on his handsome face.

"Nicole Lawrence!"

Jarrod's eyes darkened instantly. His voice when he called out Nicole's full name was filled with intense murderous intent.

No woman in the entire Ardlens was bold enough to slap him in the face, not even Jamie.

His anger surged, and his expression became ferocious as if he wanted to skin Nicole alive. Suddenly, he raised his hand.

After having experienced the torment in the detention center, fear was the first emotion Nicole felt when dealing with violence. The image of those two women who removed her fingernails flashed in her mind, and her body trembled slightly.

Jarrod noticed how terrified Nicole looked and felt his heart squeeze.

It felt like he had lost all the strength in his hand.