After Prison I Rushed into Marriage with a Comatose Tycoon-Chapter 37: Mrs. Lockwood: There’s a Time and Place for Intimacy

Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Mrs. Lockwood: There’s a Time and Place for Intimacy

Eliza’s eyes widened, her gaze locking with the man’s.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively pushed Shane away.

Caught off guard, Shane crashed heavily to the floor with a dull thud.

Eliza jolted upright and licked her lips. They were stinging, and she could taste the coppery tang of blood.

She hissed in pain. ’No wonder it hurts so much. My lips are swollen.’

’Movies and TV shows are such liars. Getting tackled and kissed isn’t romantic at all!’

’I almost chipped a tooth!’

Just as Eliza started to scramble up, a hand grabbed her wrist.

Instinctively, she turned her head and saw Shane watching her.

Shane’s lips were split, too, a trickle of blood staining them crimson. The sight added a dangerous allure to his handsome face, making him look like some bewitching creature out of folklore, one that made you want to give in and do... more.

The image of them locked in an embrace, their lips pressed together, flashed through Eliza’s mind.

’They were soft.’

Her heart quivered, and a strange sensation washed over her. The spot on her wrist where he gripped it seemed to burn.

When she realized what sort of filthy things were running through her mind, Eliza immediately wrenched her wrist from his grasp.

"M-Mr. Lockwood, don’t worry. I’ll help you up."

Eliza rushed to help Shane up, but under his intense gaze, she started to tremble. Her limbs suddenly felt weak and useless.

And so, they both tumbled into a heap once more.

This time, Eliza found herself sprawled across Shane’s chest.

Her soft lips pressed against his neck.

This time, she hadn’t been tackled. There was less momentum, so it didn’t really hurt.

’Now *this* feels more like something out of a TV show,’ a thought popped into Eliza’s head.

"AH!"

Just then, Minnie, who had come looking for them, saw the two of them tangled together and immediately covered her eyes.

"Sir, Mistress, I’m so sorry! I didn’t realize you were busy. I... I’ll be going..."

With that, she scurried away.

Eliza could hear Minnie excitedly telling Mrs. Chandler in the distance, "Sir and the Mistress are getting along so well! They couldn’t help but get passionate in the gym!"

"’Really? Oh, that’s wonderful!" Mrs. Chandler replied instantly. "Did you get a picture?’"

"’No, I forgot.’"

"’Ah, youth. How could you forget something so important? You have to remember next time. That way, when we share the news with Mrs. Lockwood, she’ll be even happier.’"

Eliza: "..."

Shane: "..."

Shane was furious. "Get off me already!"

Eliza yelped in agreement, scrambling off of him. She then managed to get Shane back into his wheelchair and pushed him to their room.

「In the master bedroom.」

Eliza pushed Shane into the bathroom so he could wash up.

She reached for the buttons on his shirt, but he seized her wrist.

Shane said, "I can do it myself. You can go."

Eliza nodded, but remembering how he’d fallen from the pull-up bar, she asked, "Are you sure you don’t need help bathing?"

She added, "Your body hasn’t fully recovered yet. You’re still weak, so it’s perfectly understandable if you need some help."

Hearing this, a vein throbbed on Shane’s temple. "Get the hell out!"

"Oh."

Eliza scurried out.

She had just closed the door when she pushed it open again, poking her head back in. "I left dinner on the table. You should eat something after you’re done. It’s not good to go to sleep on an empty stomach."

With that, she closed the door for good.

Shane listened to Eliza’s footsteps fade away, then took a deep breath. He braced himself, barely managing to lower his body into the bathtub.

The feeling of helplessness filled him with an indescribable frustration.

’The great Shane Lockwood... reduced to this!’

Shane stayed in the tub for a long time. By the time he got out, the water had grown cold.

When he returned to the bedroom in his bathrobe, maneuvering his wheelchair, the hallway light was still on.

Shane glanced over and saw the meal left on the coffee table.

There was a bowl of rice congee, a plate of small steamed flower rolls, and two side dishes—one meat, one vegetable.

Shane hesitated for a moment before finally wheeling himself over.

He’d only intended to eat to avoid the stomach pains he’d had before, but the first bite stunned him.

Even though the food had gone cold, the flavor was still absolutely incredible. It was even more stunning than the food from The Imperial Feast, which was famous for its culinary excellence.

Shane couldn’t stop after one bite. By the time he snapped out of it, he had devoured everything in front of him.

「The next day.」

Shane was woken by the sound of voices near his ear.

He frowned, thoroughly annoyed. ’Who would be so audacious as to disturb my sleep?’

"Shut up!"

Shane snapped.

Then he noticed something was wrong. His voice was far too weak.

He managed to force his eyes open and saw Mrs. Lockwood keeping watch by his bedside.

"Mom."

"Shane, you’re finally awake." Seeing him, Mrs. Lockwood burst into tears of relief. "You scared me to death."

"President Lockwood, it’s nothing serious," said Doctor Shepherd. "You’ve just caught a chill. Some medicine to bring down the fever should do the trick."

Mrs. Chandler quickly went to see Doctor Shepherd out.

Shane said apologetically, "Mom, I’m sorry for making you worry."

He didn’t have to ask to know how worried his sudden illness must have made Mrs. Lockwood.

"I’m fine. And this time, it’s all thanks to Eliza. If she hadn’t noticed your fever so early and called for Doctor Shepherd, you might have suffered a lot more."

Eliza quickly said, "Mom, it was the least I could do."

’She would never admit that the moment she’d realized something was wrong with Shane last night, she had immediately performed acupuncture on him.’

’But Shane’s condition was unique; even she couldn’t completely break his fever in such a short amount of time.’

’So, she had no choice but to call Doctor Shepherd once his condition had stabilized.’

’All of this was her secret, one Eliza would never tell anyone.’

"I know you’re a good girl." Mrs. Lockwood took Eliza’s hand and patted it gently before placing it in Shane’s palm.

A tremor went through Eliza’s heart, and she couldn’t help but look at Mrs. Lockwood.

"Mom."

Mrs. Lockwood said, "I know you two are newlyweds and are getting along well. It’s normal to be inseparable. But you still have to be mindful of your surroundings. See? Getting all passionate without considering the place, and now you’ve caught a fever. No more of that in the future, you hear?"

Eliza knew Mrs. Lockwood had misunderstood. She thought Shane had gotten sick from their "fooling around" in the gym yesterday.

"Mom, it’s not like that! Nothing happened between Mr. Lockwood and me!"

’She knew Shane’s constitution was weak, but she never imagined he was *this* delicate. He got sick just like that.’

Eliza shot Shane a resentful look. ’He’s a grown man, doesn’t he have any sense about his own condition? Did he really have to go and overdo it like that?’

’Wouldn’t it have been so much better to just go upstairs and rest in his room?’

Shane: "..."

’What’s with that resentful look on her face?’