A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 752

"It's nothing, really. Go back to sleep,' Lucas said, slightly annoyed.

But if one were to listen closely, he sounded rather breathless.

Cordy did not want to care about him, but Lucas was injured after all. If anything was wrong with him physically... What was more, he was stubborn and would refuse to admit it.

Lucas did not notice what Cordy was doing, so when Cordy appeared by his bedside, he was so shocked he almost leaped from his bed. "Cordy, are you pretending to be a ghost?! Why are you so silent when you walk?"

"Be quiet." Cordy was rendered speechless by how uptight Lucas was being.

Richard was sleeping; of course she had to be silent.

"What are you doing here at my bedside? Go back to sleep on your own bed, " Lucas instructed.

Cordy ignored him.

She stared at his flushed face and could hear his rapid, shallow breathing. There was clearly something wrong with him.

"Do you feel hot?" Cordy asked.

Were his flushed cheeks and ears a result of a temperature?

her, how

it, the more she was convinced that she was right. She leaned over to touch

defensively as he shunned her touch. "I'm not feeling

he just misunderstand

was clearly getting to

low voice, ’Behave like a patient that you're supposed to be! Why are you acting tough? Is your wound infected, which might

hot!"

as in having a fever!" Cordy nearly stomped her

Lucas being so

have a fever either." Lucas remained

took a deep breath as she told herself not to count it against a patient, especially one who fell

bell. "We need some help here. The patient seems to

there right away," the

told you I don't have a fever!" Lucas yelled angrily at

Cordy simply ignored him.

a while, a doctor and a nurse

you feeling unwell?" the

don't feel unwell,"

fever-his entire body feels warm and even his face is

doctor nodded in acknowledgement, while the nurse immediately pulled out a

she looked at the little window on the thermometer. "It's