Rush

Chapter 28

The car arrived at the Slater residence. Alicia stepped out and the first person she saw was Dalton. He sat lazily in his wheelchair, dressed in a misty blue suit with gemstone cufflinks that sparkled under the golden sunlight, giving him a subtle, ethereal glow.

Seeing Alicia, Dalton said nonchalantly, “Come here

Alicia walked over to him.

On a black marble table was a laptop, the screen displaying a video. She instantly recognized Dalton’s bedroom–the master suite where she had stayed for a while. There was no mistaking it.

Seeing herself so boldly and carefree in the video made Alicia’s cheeks burn with embarrassment. Her heart constricted painfully, and she felt utterly at a loss. “Dalton, are you some kind of pervert? You installed surveillance in your own bedroom?” Alicia fumed, nearly bursting with rage.

The camera was aimed directly at the king–sized bed. On it, Alicia was taking off Dalton’s bathrobe,, preparing to give him acupuncture, and there were even clips of her massaging him!

Because Dalton had been in a coma, she had stayed in the master bedroom and slept in the same bed, thinking nothing of it–she hadn’t considered Dalton a man in the conventional sense. She had even continued her habit of sleeping in the nude. But she never imagined there would be surveillance cameras in the room! And she had been living in it for a whole month!

“Do you think a comatose person could install surveillance cameras by himself?” Dalton asked, watching her reaction.

It was Ellen who had installed the cameras. Over the years, there had been too many reports of patients, the elderly, and children being abused. When Dalton was awake, everyone feared him, but as a vegetable, who would fear him?

Ellen had installed the cameras out of concern that he might be mistreated. Dalton himself was surprised to learn about the cameras, but he couldn’t blame Ellen since she had done it for his well- being. Nevertheless, as he reviewed the footage, he noticed something was off.

“It was Ellen who installed them?” Alicia remained deeply vexed. “She should have at least given me a heads–up so I could have been more careful!”

Dalton glanced at her and pointed to a still from the video. “Alicia, you’ve got some nerve. During my coma, were you torturing me?”

The screenshot showed Alicia treating Dalton. Back then, she hadn’t given it much thought and definitely didn’t consider there might be cameras in the bedroom. Otherwise, she’d have been more discreet.

“No,” Alicia said, trying to explain, “I wasn’t mistreating you. I learned these acupuncture and massage techniques from an old countryside doctor. They help prevent muscle atrophy.” When someone is in a coma, their muscles can atrophy and even become necrotic. The caretakers‘ massages weren’t very professional, so if it weren’t for her, Dalton wouldn’t have recovered as

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Alicia we at a loss if work She tried to explain. Listen to me, will ya? Alicia’s face turned beet seed the mok a deep breath Look, Dalton, I was seriously giving you massages. All of this is part of the trage Ellen even said you were going to die. The doctors emphasized regular massages to relax your muscles. If you don’t believe me, I can find more videos of massaging for you…

She was desperately trying to justify herself, doing her best to prove her actions were professional. With trembling hands, Alicis searched for the videos, making every effort to show she was genuinely giving him a proper massage.

Two minutes later, “Holy crap!!” Alicia shouted, her face turning crimson with embarra screen had just shown a frame of her coming out of the shower completely naked.

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Her whole body felt like it was on fire! Frantically, her fingers slid over the keyboard, attempting to mute the computer. But in her panic, she hit the wrong key, and the computer volume shot up to maximum. Her voice sliced the intense air. “Dalton, you do look pretty good. Nice body too. Wonder if you’re any good down there… Alas, such a waste of a hot body…” After saying that, she pinched Dalton’s face playfully. “Feels pretty good too.”

A loud sound echoed as Alicia slammed the laptop shut. “Have you seen it all?!” She tried to stay calm but couldn’t help yelling, “Dalton, have you watched all these surveillance videos?”

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