Filed to story: Healing My Disabled Husband Novel
Because of this situation, Ben really didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Finally on the fourth day as soon as Tilly stepped into the bathroom, Ben followed in behind her. These past few days seemed like they were trying to avoid what happened and even took separate showers.
Ben could even say he had never felt so wronged before.
Tilly didn’t know what was going through Ben’s mind and when she saw him follow her in with a puzzled expression on her face asking, “Do you want to wash first?”
Ben gave Tilly an intense look that clearly showed he was very dissatisfied with her question. His gaze filled with danger as he reached out his long arm hooking around Tilly’s waist and pulling her into his arms directly. That caused her chest collide against his hard chest, making it hurt slightly upon impact.
Although Tilly found it strange how odd Ben acted earlier, animal instincts alone told her that right now he was dangerous and extremely unhappy about something. Tilly felt lost for words momentarily, not knowing what else should be done next. Originally, their plan being on the island together would be not creating life until after returning back home in Innisrial where they both get checked then start planning again. But, under these circumstances right now, Tilly knew one thing for sure -Ben was truly unhappy about something .
Immediately, Tilly raised up both hands hugging onto Ben’s waist saying, “Ben, do you miss it?”
Although Ben felt quite unhappy indeed, upon hearing them, it seemed like all air had been let out of him. He directly grabbed onto Tilly’s waist letting it stick closer together than ever before.
Now, Tilly didn’t need any answer because by feeling how close they were, she already knew everything. It was something she was most familiar with, yet it did not belong to her.
However, it always managed to hide inside her body. Tilly’s face instantly turned red and she uncontrollably licked the corner of her mouth. She said, “Ben, I’ve missed it.”
As she spoke, Tilly’s hand had already started moving, as if in a hurry, to grab Ben’s clothes.
Ben curled his lips slightly. The girl was obedient and didn’t need him to coax her. She took the initiative to do it herself.
He put his arm around Tilly’s waist, lifted her up, placed her on the glass table, and whispered, “Bath first or bath second?”
Tilly was no longer interested in taking a bath at the moment. Her hands were still moving and she quickly took off Ben’s clothes.
Her appearance really pleased Ben and made him very happy. Ben chuckled and said, “Don’t worry.
Let’s take it slow.”
Tilly didn’t want to take things slow with him at all; she knew Ben too well. When he said these words, it meant that she was finished.
On that night, Tilly didn’t know how many times Ben had done her. She only felt like she was in and out of consciousness and vaguely sensed the break of dawn.
However, soon she felt the darkness again.
Tilly had no idea at what point she was truly falling asleep. She only knew that when she opened her eyes again, she was really close to starving to death.
She can’t even lift her arms, or rather, she can’t even lift her fingers. Tilly didn’t want to speak at all because she knew how terrible her voice sounded right now.
Even she didn’t have the idea of turning her head, and she simply didn’t want to look at the person next to her.
If Tilly hadn’t felt the warmth next to her, she wouldn’t even have known if there was anyone beside her.
“Awake?” Ben asked.
Tilly wanted to lift her gaze towards Ben, but in fact, she couldn’t do it at all. She murmured with her lips, but no sound came out.
Ben said, “Are you hungry? What would you like to eat?”
Tilly was now so hungry that she could eat a whole cow, but what she can eat right now, she knew very well, was something that can be easily poured into her mouth.
Tilly said, “Porridge is fine.”
Ben turned over and got out of bed, but instead of leaving the room, he brought a bowl over directly.
Tilly was lifted up by Ben, her eyelids were so heavy that she couldn’t lift them up at all.
Ben said, “Try it, the current temperature should be just right.”
Tilly nodded, not wanting to talk at all.
Ben scooped up a spoonful and wanted to feed it to Tilly, but Tilly didn’t have any idea about this way of eating, and it wasn’t enjoyable at all.
She raised her eyelids to look at Ben, and Ben immediately understood what Tilly meant, and said,
“You want to eat by yourself. I’ll carry the bowl, okay?”
Tilly nodded, bringing her mouth to the edge of the bowl.
It was really poured in mouthful by mouthful, without stopping at all.
Ben was really worried, and he didn’t know if Tilly would feel uncomfortable with this way of eating.
However, seeing how anxious she was to eat, one could tell that she was really hungry.
It was also fault. Knowing that although Tilly had improved a lot now and she was still coquettish, he can’t help “torturing” her at all.
Yesterday, Tilly was really “bullied”.
After Tilly finished a bowl of porridge, Ben said, “It’s my fault. I won’t be like this from now on.”
People say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Although this was not absence, it was another kind of it.
Tilly raised her moist eyes to look at Ben, and finally asked, “What’s the date today?”
“Twenty-fourth,” Ben said.
Tilly was struck dumb.
She knew that she had indeed seen day and night, not just once.
What did this mean? It meant that the two of them stayed in the room for two days.
Tilly felt like she had totally lost her face.
It would be okay to go to other places and live in a hotel with only the two of them, but now this was an island, and the entire island was full of familiar people.
Tilly took a look at Ben, and said, “How am I supposed to face them in the future?”
Ben chuckled when he heard Tilly’s hopeless words and said, “What’s the rush? We’re all in the same boat. Everyone came here with their families for vacation, not to go on an adventure. It’s normal for everyone to stay in their rooms.”
It wasn’t just him and Tilly; everyone else was doing the same thing, so there was nothing to be embarrassed about.
Tilly sniffled and said, “Well, it’s already happened.”
She couldn’t just disappear into thin air now.
Ben replied, “That’s how you should think about it.”
After finishing a bowl of porridge, Tilly regained some strength.
She looked at Ben and said, “Ben, I’m still hungry.”
“What do you want to eat?” Ben asked.
He only brought one bowl of porridge because Tilly hadn’t eaten anything in a long time. Eating something too filling right away would be bad for her stomach.
Tilly said, “I want a big bone.”
She felt like a little puppy with an insatiable appetite who wanted something substantial to eat.
“Okay,” Ben agreed. “Let me help you freshen up first before we go eat. Is that alright?”
Tilly nodded her head; otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to leave the room anyway.
After tidying up their appearance, they went outside of the room together hand-in-hand. Then they noticed that it was already past noon but surprisingly there wasn’t anyone outside yet.
Tilly thought maybe everyone had gone out on a boat ride or something but after asking Ben, she learned that everyone else was still inside their rooms.
This made her curious if they were all really here just trying to make babies or what? But then again if that were true, where were Eden and Minnie?
Minnie had already been pregnant for over eight months now, so surely Eden wouldn’t have left her alone like this?
Seeing Tilly’s confusion written all over her face, Ben explained, “They went back earlier because Eden is worried.”
Minnie was almost nine months pregnant now, so Eden was understandably anxious about anything going wrong during delivery.
If Minnie hadn’t insisted on coming along this time around, then he probably wouldn’t have come either.
Despite telling herself not to think too much about it or put any pressure on Ben regarding having children together these past few days, she couldn’t help but wonder if all their efforts would pay off soon enough.
However, she didn’t want him feeling burdened by any expectations from her side either, so she tried hard not show any signs of excitement even though deep down inside she felt envious towards
Minnie’s situation as well as hopeful for herself too.
But since promising herself not dwell on such thoughts anymore once decided earlier today -she’d stick with that decision- no matter what happened next between them two.
Ben didn’t give Tilly a big bone to eat directly, but made her a bowl of tube bone noodles.
Tilly looked at the bowl and couldn’t see much meat on the bones, feeling speechless. “Is this how you treat me? So stingy,” she said.
Ben replied, “Let’s wait for a couple of days; otherwise, your stomach might not feel well.”
Tilly pouted and said, “I could have waited without being hungry for so long.”
Ben felt genuinely sorry and touched Tilly’s head. He apologized by saying, “It’s my fault baby. I’m sorry.” But Tilly slurped up some noodles and responded by saying that she wasn’t forced to do anything.
Ben laughed it off and said that they were in sync with each other. He knew how passionate Tilly would respond to him.
He loved his baby girl so much that he couldn’t imagine life without her. After finishing their meal together, Ben held hands with Tilly as they walked along the beach.
Suddenly bursting into laughter while walking hand in hand with Ben, Tilly exclaimed, “Don’t we look like an old married couple now?”
Chuckling softly, Ben rubbed his forehead against hers affectionately before replying, “Even when we are old married couple, you will always be my little girl.”
Tilly’s heart melted at these words which were both soft yet sweetly romantic. She hooked her arm around Ben’s neck, telling him, “And you will always be my boy.”
As they gazed lovingly into each other’s eyes, the air was filled with an unspoken passion between them.
Ben admitted, “I never thought I’d grow old alongside someone else before.”
Curious, Tilly asked, “And now?”
