Joanna nodded and obediently took the medicinal cream from the nightstand.
At the time, she was still unable to determine if Ace was pretending to have forgotten her or if he really had. However, none of that was important—her main goal was to help him recover. She just wanted happiness for him. Anything else was… insignificant.
"Mr. Moran, please lie down. I will be changing your bandages now," Joanna requested of Ace, who was still acting all lovey-dovey. She then slowly squeezed out the thick cream into her palm.
Since this wasn't the first time she took care of the man, she was especially familiar with such procedures.
First, she had to unbutton his shirt and undo the gauze bandages around his torso. After that, she had to spread the cream on both her palms and gently smear it all over his wounds.