The bulk was still the same despite hiding away from the world in the name of work. He couldn't concentrate on anything.
His mind and heart were full of a certain beauty. He already knew that he was in love with Sarah. He was at peace with it before.
However, after he eavesdropped on her conversation with his father, he felt this burning desire to possess her. To protect and nurture her.
He was burning inside to avenge her but most importantly, he wanted to call her his in every possible way. He was slowly dying inside at the thought of her past.
He couldn't imagine how she survived it. The trauma from her experience. He also couldn't get the image of their first encounters out of his mind.
She suffered a migraine taking care of him. She wiped him down and cared for him despite her sensitivity to touch. She had touched him. She had let him seduce her and seduced him back.