An Affair With The Ceo (Natasha and Jared) novel Chapter 286

Chapter 286 He Saved Her

Chapter 286 He Saved Her

“You haven’t eaten anything since last night,” Jared reminded her.

Natasha felt like her stomach was completely empty, she was seriously starving.

“Hurry up and get up. Breakfast is ready for you,” Jared said gently.

Natasha was about to get out of the bathtub when she suddenly realized, she wasn’t wearing a thing.

She hadn’t noticed it until now.

With all the bubbles covering her, she hadn’t felt exposed before.

But as soon as she stood up, her whole body was practically out in the open.

She tumbled right back into the tub.

She even ended up choking on a couple mouthfuls of water.

She kept coughing, feeling absolutely miserable.

Jared gently patted her back.

Once her coughing eased up a bit, he carefully lifted her out of the bathtub.

“What are you doing?” Natasha blurted out, panic flooding her voice.

She shouted, completely startled.

She was stark naked, totally exposed.

‘What the hell is Jared trying to do, picking me up like this?’ Natasha thought, her cheeks burning with embarrassment. “Do you really think you have the strength to get up on your own right now?” Jared’s low, husky voice murmured right by her ear.

He asked, his breath warm against her skin, the question lingering in the air.

Natasha instinctively shook her head.

In her current state, she knew she’d end up falling right back into the tub if she tried to get up by herself.

Even though Natasha really didn’t want to be this intimate with Jared, there was no way she could get out of the tub without his help. She’d probably be stuck there all day otherwise.

So she let Jared carry her to the bed and tuck her in tightly with the blanket.

“Do you want me to help you get dressed?” Jared asked, looking at her.

Natasha’s face instantly turned bright red as she shook her head. “No.”

She thought, ‘Things are already awkward enough between us.

‘Letting him help me get dressed? That would be way over the line.

‘We’re not even a couple.

‘I really need to draw the line here.’

“Alright, get changed yourself. I’ll go grab your breakfast from downstairs,” Jared said.

He pointed to the breakfast on the nightstand, then headed out of the room.

After a while, he came back upstairs and walked into the bedroom.

Natasha had already changed into the loungewear he’d set out for her.

Her skin was naturally smooth.

The pink loungewear really suited her.

It hugged her curves in all the right ways.

But her face was still a little pale.

“Have some soup,” Jared said, setting the delicate bowl in front of her.

He placed the bowl right in front of Natasha.

Natasha grabbed it and dug in, barely able to w

She was so hungry that she polished off the wi

After she finished eating, Natasha felt utterly drained, her whole body heavy with exhaustion.

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Chapter 286 He Saved Her

It was probably because she’d been drugged last night.

The effects were only starting to wear off.

She’d burned through almost all her strength and energy.

Jared could see the exhaustion in her eyes and gently placed his hand on her forehead. “If you’re tired, get some sleep,” ne said softly.

Natasha was actually planning to head to work.

“I haven’t even asked for leave yet.” Natasha blurted out.

“I’ll let Nicolas know for you,” Jared said without a second thought.

Natasha hesitated, then blurted out, “You?”

Natasha wondered, ‘What’s he doing, calling Nicolas so early to ask for leave for me? Is that even normal?

‘Who knows what Nicolas will think of me now?’

“Don’t trust me to get you that day off?” Jared raised an eyebrow at her.

“No, that’s not it…” Natasha replied, a little flustered.

Jared caught on instantly. “Afraid Nicolas will think there’s something going on between us?”

Natasha bit her lip, staying silent.

Jared gave her a meaningful look. “He already knows.”

Natasha’s eyes went wide. “What?”

Jared explained, “I told him we used to date.”

Natasha’s mouth twitched. “Used to date? Are you serious? Where did you get that from?”

Natasha thought, ‘When did Jared and I ever date?’

‘Come on, we were friends with benefits.’

Jared’s eyes grew even darker. “Or do you want me to tell him we were friends with benefits?”

Natasha was totally speechless.

She sighed inwardly, ‘Forget it.

‘It’s less embarrassing to say we used to be together.

‘Saying we were friends with benefits would be way more humiliating.’

“I’m exhausted. I want to sleep for a while, could you leave me alone?” Natasha said, her voice barely above a whisper.

She really didn’t know what else to say to Jared.

She turned away, refusing to meet his eyes.

Jared stayed quietly by her bedside, keeping her company.

He didn’t leave, even after she drifted off to sleep.

He actually had a lot of work to deal with today.

But for her, he put everything else aside.

To Jared, Natasha was always the most important thing in his world,

So Jared sat there, quietly watching over her.

Maybe it was from being so worn out, or maybe it was because he’d pulled an all-nighter.

After a long time, Jared ended up dozing off, slumped over the edge of the bed.

When Natasha woke up again, it was already dark outside.

She opened her eyes and saw an unfamiliar ceiling. Her first thought was that she definitely wasn’t at home.

Bit by bit, the memories of everything that had happened started coming back to her.

Jared had saved her.

But when she first woke up, her whole body felt limp and sore, like she had no strength at all.

After finishing the soup Jared had made for her, she’d drifted right back to sleep.

Now, it felt like her energy had finally returned.

Chapter 286 He Saved Her

Natasha braced herself and slowly sat up in bed.

As she looked up, she saw Jared resting his head on the edge of her bed.

Her heart fluttered.

She thought, ‘Jared?

‘He’s still here? He didn’t leave?

‘Did he really stay by my side the whole time I was asleep?”

Natasha felt a quiet sense of gratitude well up inside her.

When she’d woken up in the bathtub earlier, she hadn’t really paid attention to her surroundings.

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