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Chapter 146 In the Rain, Blurring Reality and Dream

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As soon as the words left her mouth, Isabel saw Xander's eyes snap open. The previous dullness was gone, replaced by a fierce, piercing gaze. Seriously?

She couldn't help but smirk, though she muttered a silent complaint to herself.

Before she could even finish her thought, Xander had closed the distance between them, pinning her firmly against the wall once more.

The rain poured down around them, soaking them to the bone.

The autumn chill bit at their skin, but it did nothing to cool the heat building between them as they clung together in the downpour.

It was impossible to say how long they stayed that way. When the rain finally eased, they separated reluctantly.

Isabel slung Xander's arm over her shoulder and began helping him back toward the hot spring hotel.

As they walked, she muttered under her breath, "I said I was willing, but I didn't mean right there in the middle of a storm."

She felt a dull ache in her abdomen and rolled her eyes upward.

How could he have that much stamina, even with a fever? If he were at full strength....

She couldn't even imagine it!

With a determined sigh, she tightened her grip and quickened her pace.

Back in their room, Isabel immediately went to work, checking his pulse and doing what she could to stabilize himTI.

Xander's body wasn't like anyone else's. If her guess was correct, every time he spiked a fever, the virus in his system mutated, bringing on waves of pain and bouts of delirium.

And it was no ordinary virus-it was incredibly resistant. Standard medications barely made a dent, taking hours, sometimes days, to have any effect. That's why, once Xander got a fever, it would often last for days.

And standard fever and anti-inflammatory drugs could only treat the symptoms, not eliminate the root cause. So every time the virus reactivated, it came back with full force.

She needed to get his temperature down fast and bring him to a hospital. Proper medical equipment was the only way to analyze the virus and understand how it adapted and evolved each time it reappeared. She remembered something Samuel had once told her Xander's family had a history with this illness.

His grandfather had shown similar symptoms, a strange genetic condition that seemed to skip generations.

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Ignoring the lingering ache in her own body, Isabel continued tending to Xander.

she'd managed

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the ambulance, her focus

and disheveled. The moment he stepped inside, a pungent odor hit him-a mix of overpowering perfume and something our, almost rotten. He didn't

"Oh

clutched

She called weakly, glancing up at

as

in the bathroom so long that a faint but lingering odor clung

hesitated for a moment before

faltered, a hint of sadness crossing

need to go to

lot better," she replied, forcing a smile. It was a lie-she was barely: holding

short. Kaleb was always so busy, and even though they saw each other daily, chances

that afforded her the lifestyle she loved. And besides, she felt lucky-luckier than Isabel, anyway, When Isabel had been with Kaleb, he'd been even

vacation.

a sudden

right after she bumped into Isabel, the nausea had hit

last time, at the coffee shop, Isabel had also "accidentally stumbled into her, leading to the same miserable symptoms. Could

think

"What's strange?"

baffled

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but then Isabel bumped

before she

face was tense, his jaw clenched as he looked at Eva with a mix

to you?" he asked, his voice laced with

a bit too much of a coincidence?"

stomach problems just by touching you-do you really expect me to believe that? What, does Isabel have some kind of superpower that gives people diarrhea with a little shove? Do you think I'm an idiot?" Kaleb's disbelief was palpable. The Eva he'd once seen as sweet and

she'd said Isabel pushed

she'd blamed Isabel for

claimed Isabel had thrown coffee on her, he'd

every time he'd placed his trust in

because she'd cried to

If he fell for this,

not trying to frame her. I didn't mean it like that. I was just... making an observation," Eva murmured. a flicker of

used to reserve that look for Isabel. Now that it was directed

exhausted and dehydrated from her stomach issues that she wasn't thinking straight. "Are you sure you don't need to go to the hospital?" he asked, his

brief wave of relief-until a sharp cramp seized her

eyes went wide with

Oh no!