Nora POV.
I don't know how long it took, but I noticed Richard put something warm on my abdomen between blurs of consciousness, and the pain eased a lot more.
After a while, the pain gradually subsided.
When I came to my senses again, the desk lamp in the room was still on, and Richard was sitting on the edge of the bed reading a book.
"Richard ..."
When I opened my mouth to call Richard's name, my voice was a little hoarse and sounded weird.
"You're awake?" Richard casually put the book on the bedside table and looked at me with concern, "Still having a hard time?"
While looking at me, he put his hand under the cover, and before I could react, he took a warm bag out of it.
"Oh, not warm." He said to himself.
That's when I realized that I had noticed earlier that he had placed som
