Chapter 656

Chapter 656

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I had no idea how long I’d been out when I felt someone lightly patting my cheek. “Take some fever meds first,” a voice

said.

I opened my eyes and realized I was leaning against Edward’s chest. He was holding a glass of water and two pills.

I sat up quickly, took the pills, and swallowed them with the water.

“Where am I?” I asked, taking in the masculine, sturdy bedroom around me.

“This is my place,” Edward replied.

I was totally thrown off. I thought he was taking me to the hospital. Why were we at his house?

“Why didn’t we go to the hospital?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper.

Edward smiled. “I’ve got a family doctor. Going to the hospital would’ve been a hassle.”

I just stared at him, a little dazed, and he reached out to gently ruffle my hair. “Don’t worry so much. Look at you, you’re a mess. I promise, you’re safe with me.”

“You look wiped out. Try to get some sleep,” Edward said softly, settling me onto the bed and making sure I was comfortable.

After a little while, the doctor came in and spoke quietly with Edward.

the nurse was setting it up, Edward never left my side, keeping

figured maybe it’s the food here, or maybe I’m just not used to the environment, so I caught a cold so

seeing Edward/sitting there, I

some papers, and it seemed like he could tell I was peeking at him. He gave me a

there was no

nodded. “Yeah, I’m a bit hungry. Do you have any gruel? I just want

eyes with me for a long moment. “I’ve had it ready for a while. Let me bring it in for

myself,” I said, not

no trouble. Just stay in bed and let

back the covers, but he was already out the door. I quietly settled back and pulled the blanket over

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with a bowl of vegetable gruel and a few cute little pies, all looking fresh

and eat,” Edward said, setting

of bed and walked over to

a quick look out the window, but all I could see were big trees blocking my view. There was no way to

you actually

nodded. “Yeah,

sure it’s okay for me to be here? Won’t it cause you any trouble?” I

shrug. “Trouble? You mean,

couldn’t think of any real reason, so

“Come on,

up at Edward–he’d made this just for me. Did he actually try to recreate the taste

was so attentive, it was almost scary. If he set his sights on someone, they’d

he chuckled. “What are you thinking about now? Don’t overthink it. If you ask me, you should just open your heart

as you are, and I definitely don’t have your knack

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