Facade of Love

Chapter 280 Two Peculiar Individuals.

Charlie shook his head. His voice sounded hoarse as he said, “I’m fine…”

Without waiting for him to finish, I reached up and touched his forehead, which was burning up. He had a fever.

Charlie was slightly stunned when I suddenly touched his forehead. He hesitated for a

moment but then smiled at me and said, “I’m okay.”

Getting a fever at this moment was indeed dangerous. I looked at Inch and said, “He has a fever.”

Inch reacted more nervously than I did. He suddenly stood up, too agitated to say much, and rushed out of the cave entrance. When he returned, he was carrying a first–aid kit. He knelt down beside Charlie, saying, “Sir, I’ll prepare some medicine for you.”

As Inch reached out to offer Charlie the medicine, something inexplicable happened. Charlie’s face suddenly changed, and he pushed Inch’s hand away, his voice turning cold as he said, “No need.”

I was startled by this unexpected reaction and looked back and forth between Charlie and Inch. Inch still appeared concerned, but Charlie seemed to have realized that his reaction was excessive. He glanced at me and said, “I’m fine.”

Then he turned to Inch and instructed, “Prepare a comfortable place for Ms. Scott to rest.”

I frowned. It was quite late, and he was still concerned about me resting. I insisted, “I’m not tired, but you have a fever. You need to take some medicine!”

bandaged area on Charlie’s face, a result of the fight with Idris. Without overthinking it, I told Inch, “Find the fever–reducing medicine, and

“I’ll also change the bandage on your face.” I was not sure if he did

moment, and there seemed to be a different

I was reading too much into it. There was something about the way Charlie looked at him, as if he was

were truly enigmatic in their interactions.

his brows as he searched for the medicine in the first–aid kit. Then he handed me

Idris had subsided, and the

appeared quite concerned, and since Charlie did not object, I decided to go

it still hurt?” It was not me being nosy, but the atmosphere in the cave was eerie. Since

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were speaking, it

shook his head slightly, “It doesn’t hurt.”

Before I could bring it to him, he had already swallowed the pill in a rather rough manner.

off guard, and I quickly handed him the water, saying, “Have some

the water I

then turned to Inch, saying, “Prepare a comfortable place for Ms. Scott to sleep.”

condition seemed

and suggested, “Ms. Scott, you should get some rest. The rain outside is quite heavy, and tonight, we won’t