Regrets

Alan carefully applied the creamhe had requested from the hotel staff to treat the bruises. While applying the cream, there was no conversation between him and Anne. They were both lost in their own thoughts. Anne who was still cursing Alan for what he had just done to him. Meanwhile, Alan was still thinking about how Anne could have bruises like that, only because he touched her body a little harder. Even the scars from the hard slap had disappeared from Alan's cheek, but Anne's didn't. The purplish red marks on her body look very suffocating and heartbreaking to anyone who saw them. 

"Okay, you're done. Now go to sleep. I'll ask Nicholas to bring you new clothes," Alan said softly when he was done with his work. 

Anne, who was staring at the window, did not respond to Alan's words. She only tightened her grip on the edge of the blanket she was wearing to cover her naked body.