Alex listened to Stanley’s words, knowing they were the truth.

When Sheila first saw him, she had been momentarily stunned by his appearance. Okay, it felt a bit strange for a man to be looked at with that kind of admiring gaze, but after that, she truly treated him no differently from anyone else without any special consideration.

She even seemed eager for him to be discharged.

Probably, in her eyes, his staying in the hospital for such a minor injury was simply taking up a hospital bed, esp