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.

onto the soft mattress in the

wrestled against his grasp, but he held her hand firmly. He scorned.

shock subsided, but an underlying discomfort persisted.

abruptly, pacing the bedroom before swiftly going

crumpled onto the soft bed as the balcony door clicked shut, catching whiffs of his lingering scent that danced in her nostrils. Her head spun relentlessly

her for not taking the medicine that Dexter had

be coming down with a cold. Her eyelids were heavy, and she slowly drifted away to

hurriedly fetched the medical kit and found Josie curled up and asleep.

he

asleep, Josie complied.

scars from

needles for her.

gingerly prepared and administered the medicine to her

bowl of hot soup and carefully served, “Sir, here

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

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