After a long time, Harper put on her clothes and went to the cabinet. Upon seeing that, Matthew stood up, and anxiously asked, "Where are you going?"
Without answering him, Harper opened the cabinet, took out a set of clothes, and put it on. Then she took out a small medicine box and put it on the table. She impassively looked at him and said, "Take off your clothes."
Without hesitation, Matthew did as she asked in a hurry. His blood had already dried. Yet, he took off his clothes too abrasively. The wound that had stopped bleeding started to ooze out blood again. Looking at the wound on his body, Harper felt so worried and her eyes showed great concern. She cleaned and bandaged the wound with medicine. During the entire time, Matthew didn't say anything or dare to cry out in pain. Earlier, he had the upper hand. However, because of his irrational behaviors, he lost that so he couldn't even dare to say a word.
After dealing with Matthew's wound, Harper stated, "You can leave now."
"Okay, you should go with me. You are my wife, not Rolando's consort. You can't live here," Matthew said while he put on his clothes.
"I don't know if I care about your feelings. So it doesn't matter if I stay here or not," With a snort, Harper took off her shoes, lay on the bed, and turned her back to him. It was obvious that she was still upset and mad at him.
Matthew took off his shoes as well and lay on the bed. Regardless of Harper's refusal, he promptly dragged her into his arms. "I won't leave. Let's sleep now. I had been traveling day and night, and haven't slept for several days."
Hearing that, Harper stopped struggling, as she was worried that she would hurt his wound again. Despite that, she didn't want to forgive him so easily. In the middle of trying to move away from Matthew and being extremely distressed, Harper gradually fell asleep.
The next morning, when Harper woke up, she didn't saw anybody beside her. She sat up and noticed that the bed sheet was clean. There wasn't a single drop of blood on it. She was wearing the clean underwear that she wore last night. Scanning around her room, she didn't find any trace of anyone coming in there.
A look of confusion appeared in her eyes. Didn't Matthew come last night? Was she thinking about something else and having a dream? Was all of it an illusion? But the dream was too real. The feeling of the blood dripping from the wound on Matthew's body was also very real. With these thoughts in mind, Harper got up from the bed, stood in front of a bronze mirror, took off her clothes, and found no mark on her body!
"Is it really a dream?" Harper put on her clothes, looking more confused than ever. Soon enough, Rolando came to her palace and saw her standing in front of the bronze mirror in a daze.
"Harper, what's the matter? Did you sleep well last night?"
Harper nodded slightly. Whatever happened right then was so real, but there was no trace of it left. What the hell was going on? Had Matthew come to see her or not? Was everything that happened last night really a dream?
Rolando waved the box in his hand and said, "I've brought the Heavenly Book here."
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