Chapter 376 Fever

She closed her eyes momentarily and met his gaze. “I returned to retrieve my belongings,” she stated firmly.

Dexter ascended the stairs and stopped before her. “Just tell me what you need, and I’ll bring it to you,” he assured succinctly. There was a menacing intensity in his gaze.

Josie trembled as he drew closer but shook off the tremor and asserted, “My laptop.”

“Where are your keys?”

Little did she know that Dexter was informed of her arrival in Mason Garden.

Her head throbbed, and she retorted. Forget about it.”

As she turned, her wrist was seized. “Mason Garden isn’t a place you can simply stroll in as you like,” a voice chided.

The grip on her wrist was intense. Her body lurched backward and fell into Dexter’s arms. It was a moment frozen in time.

Dexter was slightly agitated as Josie’s complexion grew unusually pale.

forehead deepened as he swiftly carried her, carefully placing her onto the soft mattress in the master bedroom. Josie’s mind raced as the haunting memories of that fateful night resurfaced. “Get out!” she roared.

he held her hand firmly. He scorned.

initial shock subsided, but

the bedroom before swiftly going down the stairs.

shut, catching whiffs of his lingering scent that danced in her nostrils. Her head

washed over her for not taking the medicine that Dexter had sent earlier. The drip’s efficacy had faded

a pounding headache and sore eyes, Josie realized she might be coming down with a cold. Her eyelids were heavy, and she

up and asleep. He shook her in panic, Josie,

up,” said Dexter as he slid

Josie complied.

wrist, where scars

needles for her.

medicine to

came into the room with a bowl of hot soup

Josie’s mouth with a tissue and muttered, “Leave

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