@redeyestakewarniing } continued.
“The lashing scars?” He hums, “Of course you didn’t know about them, I make a point not to mention them most of the time.”
He’s shirtless. They’re sitting on lounge-chairs beside one another, before his mansion’s half-indoor half-outdoor pool. Currently, they’re in the outdoor section. Quietly, he knew she’d notice his horrible back-scarring straightaway, but he let it happen. Not hiding them for once is…refreshing, though he does momentarily regret causing the shock and disgust displayed so blatantly on her face.
“They still sting and ache, sometimes.”
He winces at himself for blurting that out. Morbidity is a trait he needs to learn to tone down.
If Jack didn’t want her to see them, then why did he show them in plain sight? It didn’t make sense to her, yet he didn’t explicitly say that he didn’t want her to see them, nor did he kick her out for gazing on him or invading his privacy. She wasn’t disgusted by them, more shocked. Who or what could have done that to him?
All she wanted to do was have a casual day with Jack, so he’d called her up, told her to bring her best swimsuit so they could cool down in his exquisite pool. Now she feels like she’d invaded something private and she couldn’t make up for it. When Jack revealed that they still hurt, she flinched.
“But... why...? How can they still hurt? Didn’t you have them for a while?” She asked, unable to stop herself. “Who did this to you?”