Patrick looked angrily at Gloria, who was curled up in the quilt. His face was frighteningly cold.
He cursed inwardly, 'Damn woman! She is indeed avoiding me!'
Patrick looked at her curled body under the quilt and noticed that Gloria was shivering.
"Our mate is weak. You should hold her and comfort her instead of scaring her," Leo said.
"I didn't scare her!" Patrick responded to his wolf angrily.
After Gloria hid under the quilt, she began to regret it.
If Patrick wanted to punish her, it would be pointless to hide, even if she escaped to outer space. What was the point of hiding in the quilt?
Patrick pulled the quilt. His voice became bone-chilling as he asked, "You hid from me."
"No!" Gloria hurriedly said, "I didn't, Mr. Hammond."
Patrick thought, 'It is a lie!
'She is avoiding me!
'But...'
"What happened to your throat?" Patrick asked in confusion.
"I was sick, and my throat hurt." Gloria lowered her eyelids, refusing to say more.
"Are you afraid of me?"
Gloria didn't answer.
Patrick didn't know why he was in such a bad mood. He leaned forward, and under Gloria's terrified gaze, he propped his arm on the mattress and drew nearer to her.
He stretched out his other hand toward Gloria, while Gloria retreated subconsciously. Patrick said indifferently, "Don't move."
He touched the scar on her forehead.
Gloria felt coldness coming through Patrick's fingers.
Patrick rubbed the scar on Gloria's face. He pursed his lips and asked unhappily, "What happened?"
Gloria cast a glance at Patrick in front of her, and a word came to her mind, 'hypocrite!'
She thought, 'How can he not know how I got the scar?'
She did not dare to say it and only said, "I tripped and hit my head."
'Thanks to you!'
Gloria added in her heart.
Patrick stroked the scar with his finger. Then, his hand moved down until he touched her lips.
Gloria didn't dare to move, and she raised her chin stiffly.
Patrick rubbed her lips with his thumb and had a strange feeling. Although Gloria's lips weren't soft, they somehow evoked his desire.
Patrick's gaze changed. In the next second, he kissed her without a trace of politeness.
His hot lips covered hers.
Without any strength to resist, Gloria was forced to accept Patrick's overbearing kiss.
Three years ago, Gloria didn't accept Patrick's rejection.
The bond between them did not disappear. Gloria was still Patrick's mate. However, because Gloria's wolf was asleep, the bond was extremely weak.
When Patrick kissed Gloria, his wolf suddenly felt the bond between them.
His wolf became restless and wanted to mark Gloria. This feeling also affected Patrick.
Patrick was immersed in the sweet kiss. Then, he suddenly remembered something.
"Who do you prefer to kiss, me or Derrick?"
After the kiss, Gloria's pale face turned rosier. Before she could come back to her senses, she heard Patrick ask coldly.
"What?"
Patrick frowned and said, "I'm asking you a question. Me, or Derrick, that bastard?"
Gloria didn't answer, which annoyed Patrick.
He thought, 'Why does she need to think for such a long time?
'Is Derrick's kiss that good? She misses it even now.'
Gloria couldn't figure out what had happened. She groaned softly before being pressed down on the bed.
The next second, Patrick leaned over. Gloria felt her lips warm with Patrick's passionate kiss.
Patrick decided in his heart, 'I'll make her feel hurt!'
He didn't know what he was thinking and couldn't figure out where the strange feeling in his heart came from. Even if Gloria was the one who caused the death of Gabrielle and he hated her for it...
He couldn't allow Gloria to take a fancy to another man except for him!
Not Derrick! Not anyone else!
Perhaps it was the possessiveness between mates.
Patrick would rather let Gloria live in his hatred for the rest of her life. He would never allow her to fall for another man!
Patrick didn't even think about why he was so possessive of Gloria.
He believed that he hated her. He had never thought about why he cared so much about Gloria.
He regretted everything he had done to her three years ago and now.
A cough came from outside.
Gloria was shocked, and she pushed Patrick on the shoulder.
Patrick was stubborn. He pressed Gloria down on the bed again with his arms. He grabbed half of her face with one hand and kissed her willfully. He didn't care that there was a third person in the ward.
Gloria blushed. She could hear the sound of Patrick kissing her in the room.
Patrick opened his eyes. His eyes rested on Gloria's face, and he was satisfied with her intoxicated expression.
Then, he got up with satisfaction and glanced at the door through the corner of his eye.
He asked lazily, "What are you doing here?"
Sean immediately showed an angry expression. He almost began to curse.
Patrick was the one who called Sean and asked him to bring some food for a patient in the hospital.
But now, Patrick asked Sean why he was there.
Sean put the lunch box on the cabinet beside the bed.
He said angrily, "Don't do this kind of thing in front of others."
Patrick remained composed, while Gloria blushed.
She lowered her head in shame, wishing she could find a hole to hide in.
Just now, so many things had happened, and her mind was in a mess.
Patrick kissed her!
Why did Patrick suddenly kiss her?
Gloria was confused.
Her heart, which had been dead for a long time, was touched for a moment.
Sean pulled Patrick outside the ward.