Chapter 2 I Didn't Kiss You

"Done..." Ivanna removed her gloves, wiped the sweat off her forehead, and found the man unconscious again. His brows were knitted together.

She asked Steve to fetch a basin of water, wiped the sand off, and then saw his handsome face. His eyes were closed, and it didn't affect his sculpted features.

They had carried out archaeological research many times, but it was the first time that such a thing happened. In the absence of anesthetics, the man toughed it out. She admired him for his endurance.

"Ivy, he has no ID card nor a cell phone. What should we do? Even if we send him to the hospital, he will not be taken in…"

Steve rummaged through his suit, found no important items, and asked helplessly.

"He speaks English, and I think he is our compatriot. I'll stay here and you go contact the embassy. Ask them for a solution…" Ivanna said in a deep voice.

Steve nodded, grabbed his phone, and drove away to the embassy.

Ivanna looked at the man's dry lips, shook her head, sighed, and wondered how long he was hiding on this dry land.

She picked up a cotton swab, dipped it in the water, moistened his lips, and put her hand on his forehead to feel his body temperature. Fearing that he might have an inflammatory fever, she got up and went to fetch the antipyretics and anti-inflammatory medicine.

Then she found herself in a difficult situation when she tried to feed him the medicine. Holding his head, she attempted to force open his mouth, but his teeth were clenched tightly probably because of the great pain.

Ivanna eyed him silently for a moment, sighed, and talked to herself, "Forget it, I have to save him!"

With great care, she lifted his head, had a mouthful of water, lowered her head, and pressed her lips against his.

Because of excessive blood loss, his face was ghastly pale but his lips were somewhat hot. Ivanna felt that her face was burning.

Keeping the task in mind, she forced open his teeth and fed him two anti-inflammatory pills.

Confirming that he swallowed the medicine along with the water, Ivanna heaved a sigh of relief and moved away. Just then, his eyes opened slowly and looked into her eyes.

She didn't come back to her senses until his breath reached her. In an instant, her cheeks turned rosy.

"Well… I didn't kiss you..."

Ivanna quickly straightened up and explained in a dull voice, "You passed out. I was feeding you anti-inflammatory medicine..."

His suit had been removed while his shirt had been unbuttoned for the convenience of the treatment. Moistened by the water, his lips turned a bit ruddy. As he lay there on the bed, the scene was messy yet pretty.

The man just looked at her silently. Ivanna hastily looked away and whispered, "I didn't mean to take advantage of you..."

Before she could finish her speech, the deep voice of the man came from behind, "You... saved my life..."

(To be continued)