Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 569

When Agnes woke up, there was still a cold towel on her forehead.

Ryder was sitting by her bed, with a basin of water next to him.

Agnes took off the towel, “How long have I been out?”

“Two hours.”

“Have you been taking care of me all this time?”

“You had a high fever, so I tried to bring it down with a cold compress first. Now, take this medicine. If your fever doesn’t go down by tomorrow, we’ll have to get you to a hospital for an IV drip.”

Ryder got up, poured a glass of water, and handed her the medicine.

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Agnes was still a bit weak, but she definitely felt a lot better than before.

Agnes threw back the covers, looked around, “Where am I?”

“My room.”

Agnes frowned, “Why did you bring me to your room? What if someone misunderstands? I should be in the guest room.”

“You’ve been sleeping here for two hours. If someone was going to misunderstand, they would have done it already.”

Agnes sat on the bed, feeling a bit helpless.

she really shouldn’t worry about it, since she was going

asked, “Why did you come back all of a

of some business. What

to take care of some business

in pursuing

temperature again, “Your fever’s gone down a little. Are you still feeling

temples,

sleep. We’ll see how you are in the morning.”

the energy to talk, she felt weak and

them again, asking, “If I’m

hundred rooms here, I have plenty

that

up the next morning and

was small and Ryder was a big guy, there was no way

warmth of the room, it was still winter and Ryder

Agnes sighed.

from the bed and walked over to the couch.

the blanket over Ryder.

“Agnes!”

she even finished, Ryder called out, grabbing her arm and

clearly startled

wake you?” Agnes asked.

his eyes again, sat up, and rubbed his nose, “No, just had a nightmare.”

your nightmare? What did you dream about?”

at Agnes, his expression cold, “I dreamt we

didn’t expect Ryder to say something like

kept in touch