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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 to

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her focus

hit him-a mix of overpowering perfume and something our, almost rotten. He didn't need to guess; Eva must have doused the room

"Oh

with one hand clutched to her abdomen. She shuffled forward, her

you're back?" She called weakly,

exhaling sharply as he

bathroom so long that a faint but

moment before finally reaching out

that hesitation, and her expression faltered, a hint of

you feeling any better? Do you need

feeling a lot better," she replied, forcing a smile.

trip short. Kaleb was always so busy, and even though they saw each other daily, chances for a getaway like

she didn't blame Kaleb. A man should be ambitious, after all-it was his drive 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 more buried in work.

vacation.

then a sudden thought

had been perfectly fine earlier, but right after she bumped into Isabel, the nausea

had also "accidentally stumbled into her, leading to the same miserable

think it's a little

"What's strange?"

baffled by

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her stomach, wincing. "I was fine earlier, but then Isabel bumped into me, and suddenly I'm like this. I'm just

didn't even finish before

as he looked

you?" he asked, his voice

bit too much of a coincidence?"

her bump into you, sure, but if you're saying she somehow caused your 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 innocent was now grasping at straws to paint Isabel as some kind of

said Isabel pushed her, he'd believed

for her miscarriage, he'd

claimed Isabel had thrown coffee

his trust in her, he'd ended

anyway because she'd cried to him, saying she only did

he could forgive. But this? If he fell for this, he'd truly be as

mean it like that. I was just... making an observation," Eva murmured. a

disbelief. He used to reserve that look for Isabel. Now that it

face and trembling legs. She was probably so 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,

wave of relief-until a sharp cramp seized her

eyes went wide

Oh no!