Chapter 26

In the evening, I returned to check his temperature with a thermometer after I finished compressing his body and fed his dinner mixed with fever-reducing medicine.

37°C. Finally, the fever has really gone down. I breathed a sigh of relief to see the look on his face that was not as pale as this morning and put the thermometer on the nightstand while watching him, who was now asleep because of the effect of the fever-reducing medicine I gave him earlier.

With careful steps, I took the pot filled with the towel and water that I had used to compress his body. I went to the bathroom to expel the water inside it. I put the wet towel in the bathroom and stepped out of the bathroom into the kitchen to wash it and return it to the kitchen shelf. Then I walked to the bathroom and took off my dirty clothes to wash them together with the towel into the washing machine. While waiting for my laundry to finish, I soak in warm water to soothe my stiff muscles.

My thoughts then led me to yesterday's incident, when Harris Keith, the stranger I met at the hotel Dominik and I spent our first night, was pushing me and kissing me in my office lobby as soon as I told him that he was a stranger to me. I held my lips while remembering that incident. His gentle kiss felt completely familiar to me, but the question is why I can not remember him at all.

Hmm, great. The person from earlier is better off not to remember.

I remembered Dominik's words the moment I said that I do not remember anything about Harris Keith apart from what I read from his business card. It feels a little guilty that I have not told my dog ​​I had time to see the flashback of that person.

Yes. I am afraid you will go away and leave me and choose him over me.

His words sounded like a dog afraid of being abandoned by its owner made me not want to say that flashback. Besides, the flashbacks I saw earlier did not work to make Harris Keith the person I knew from the past at all. In fact, now I am even more confused as to who the stranger actually was.

"Ah! Stop it! I do not want to think about it anymore! It is just annoying!"

I immediately got up from my soaking session and took a bath towel on the shelf under the sink. Then I brushed my teeth and cleaned my face with toiletries that I had bought at the convenience store at that time. After I finished, I went to his room and took his black short-sleeved T-shirt and panties, which, of course, I took secretly without his permission. It can not be helped since I came here without a change of clothes. I could have worn the clothes I wore yesterday, but I want to wear them to the office tomorrow morning. So I ironed my clothes and put them on the table in his room. Then I walked to the bed and quietly lay down on the bed, not wanting to wake Dominik, who seemed still sound asleep. I smiled at him and kissed his forehead before I closed my eyes.

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This dream again. I was in a house with two adults and a teenage boy sitting in front of the house. Then the peaceful atmosphere turned to panic among the people around who tried to extinguish the fire that was burning the house.

"Run, Leah!" exclaimed a woman who asked me to run away from her.

"You must live, Leah! Get out of here!"

An adult man I saw, was in front of the house, screaming at me with his body covered in wounds and smoke. While the teenage boy I saw earlier with the two of them pushed me away from them.

As I was trying to get to them, one of the roofs of my house fell off, separating me from them. The roof that had fallen earlier was now burning in front of my eyes and the fire seemed to get bigger and bigger. It made me completely unable to see anything other than the fire and smoke that burned the house.

"NO!!!"

I immediately woke up from my dream earlier. My breath was short, followed by my whole body trembling with fear. If I remember the dream that I saw earlier, I am sure anyone will feel afraid. The huge fire looked so real and terrifying that made me hug my whole body that was still trembling.

"Leah?"

I turned to Dominik, who was now looking at me with a worried face. It seems that my scream just woke Dominik from his sleep because now I see him sitting on the bed, stroking my head.

"I woke you up, did not I?" I asked, letting his hand caress my head which somehow calmed me down.

"No. I got up to make sure you were still beside me."

"You're not lying, are you?"

He shook his head. "Why should I lie to you?"

I nodded my head and leaned my head towards him. "I'm scared, Dominik. There was a fire in the house that I do not even know whose house it was in my dream."

He stroked my hair and kissed my forehead. "I do not understand how you feel right now, but I would also be scared if I had such a bad dream."

His words made me feel calmer. He did not say anything that asked me to ignore my dream earlier. Nor did he say that he understood my current fear. His reaction when he heard me have a nightmare earlier slowly made the fear I had experienced lessen.

"Dominik?"

"Yes?" he replied, still stroking my hair and hugging me.

"I do not want to remember my past, Dominik. I just want to live a normal life like this." I said, returning his hug.

He took his body slightly away from me without letting go of his embrace. "Leah, it is not something you can control like when you choose a drama you want to watch."

"But what if my memory makes me remember something terrible that I don't want to remember?" I protested, pulling him closer to me. "I do not want to remember my past."

"If that happens, I will help you forget it, Leah." he replied, kissing my forehead and smiling at me.

I turned to him and looked straight into his eyes. "What if my past memories have anything to do with Harris Keith?"

"I'll make sure you will still choose me even if that person was your boyfriend, even if you were married once." he replied, meeting my eyes and hugging me. This time he hugged me so tightly as if he did not want to let go of his embrace from me.

The look on his face when he said that did sound calm, but I could catch a little worry and irritation from his tone when I mentioned that person. Inside, I feel relieved that I did not sleep alone tonight. I do not know what will happen if I sleep in my house where there is no one but myself and have nightmares like this. "Dominik?"

"Yes, why?"

I let go of his hug for a moment, staring into his eyes which were as if a magnet had succeeded in making me feel like being sucked into them. His somewhat messy appearance and pale face from pain did not diminish his good looks at all. Now I understand why so many female employees in the office like him. How could I not have noticed that there is a perfect man like my dog ​​all this time?

"How long do you want to look at me like that?" he asked, stroking my hair and looking back at me with a confused face.

I shook my head. "Even if I have seen you many times, I will never get bored of seeing you, Dominik."

"Good. Don't get bored then." he said, kissing my forehead "If you are tired of me, just tell me. Okay?"

I pulled him closer to me. "Indeed, if I am tired of you, what will you want to do?"

His hands are still slightly limp, combing my hair, staring at me closely. His face now looks sad, just like the one he showed after Harris called me this afternoon.

"I will do anything so that you are no longer bored with me."

I laughed at what Dominik said with a serious face. His face that looked sad earlier is confused by my reaction now.

"Is there something funny about what I said earlier? I am serious, Leah."

I brushed his hair that covered his forehead and stroked his hair. "I'm not laughing at what you say."

He raised an eyebrow. "If not laughing at my words earlier, then why were you laughing?"

"You're really really scared that I am leaving. I told you that I will not leave you. Moreover, I will not get bored with you." I said, laughing again while seeing my dog's face, which now turned sullen at my answer.

"Is that true you will not leave me, will you?"

I nodded my head. "Yes. I am not going anywhere."

"You will not be bored with me, right?" he asked with a worried face.

I kissed his forehead and smiled at him. "Yes, I will not."

He seemed happy to hear my answer earlier and hugged me tightly. I hugged him back while trying to hold back the feeling of wanting to laugh at the behavior of my dog ​​that looks so cute right now. How could I be tired of seeing my dog's behavior this cute?

"Thank you.”

"For what?"

"Now I am not afraid anymore. I do not know what will happen if I have a nightmare like that alone at home."

"You can call me. I'll be there as soon as I can." he said, stroking my hair and kissing it.

I shook my head at his suggestion earlier. "Not really. What if I call you again, it turns out that you are sick like now what? Or are you out of town?"

"Still I will try to come to your place."

"Exaggerated." I said, smacking his chest. "I will not call you then."

"Why?"

I ignored his protests and closed my eyes. Inhaling his scent made me feel relaxed, and I finally fell asleep in his arms.