“If you don’t want to take medicine, then don’t get sick.”

“You think I want to be sick?”

“Why were you standing out in the cold night air if you don’t want to get sick? Got a thing for the chill?”

Sophia couldn’t win the argument, so she snatched up the medicine and shoved it all into her mouth at once.

Jason wrinkled his brow in concern and hurriedly handed her a glass of water.

Sophia drank so hastily that she choked, doubling over and coughing next to the bed.

Clad in a cotton cartoon pajama set that was loose-fitting, she inadvertently revealed a swath of her pale skin as she leaned forward.

A rush of warmth flooded through Jason as he remembered that afternoon when her feverish and tender body pressed against him, impossible to push away… His hand hesitated mid-air, not daring to touch her back.

As Sophia coughed, her face turned beet red and she lay back down, gasping for breath and giving Jason a sideways look. “Are you trying to get back at me under the guise of taking care of me? Is this your way of finishing me off?”

Jason swept her a glance and

his

voice remained

doe-like eyes, Sophia looked up at him. “Considering how pitiful I am,

I nice enough to you

for a moment, a playful smile tugging at her lips. “On second

try to sleep off the medicine. I’m not going anywhere; I’ll just sit outside

like siblings. What’s there to be awkward about?” Sophia’s gaze was

sentiment was heartwarming, and yet it only tasted bittersweet to

don’t want to sleep. Just talk to me,”

you want to talk about?” Jason

pale from the fever, Sophia asked,

marry Evelyn off to

think Gabriel really likes Evelyn,”

that means I do?” Jason realized he couldn’t exchange a few

from Estelle. She and Jonathan are so happy together; you’re just an outsider.

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