Seeing that Skylar hadn’t taken off her coat, the germophobic Tobias couldn’t help but started, “I’ll help you take off your coat. It’s just too dirty coming back from the hospital in it. It must be full of bacteria by now.”

Skylar didn’t want to move at all. She lay in the bed like a dried and worn-out sponge with her hand tugging tightly at the quilt as she shook her head.

With much difficulty, Tobias suppressed his impulse to drag Skylar up to change her clothes. Then, he turned around to open the wardrobe instead but found it empty within.

He suddenly remembered that when Skylar moved out, she packed everything and left nothing behind.

She had so few clothes that she couldn’t bear to leave any of them here and once she left, she had no plan of returning.

“Don’t sleep just yet. I’ll go prepare the medicine. Take them before you sleep.” Tobias took the medication out and read the instructions carefully.

 

Skylar shook her head and answered, “I don’t want to take them. It’s awful, Meredith.”

As she was half-awake, she mistook the person who was taking care of her when she was sick as Meredith.

 

Tobias paused briefly in his tracks and then left to get some warm water for her to be taken together with the medicine.

the room. Skylar was already curled up in the quilt, with only

take the medicine.” He put the glass on the

her lean in his arms. He could feel her

said, “After you take this medicine, I need to go to bed as well. I still have some business to attend

ears. Tobias, who hadn’t slept for over three nights was a

get some good and peaceful nights of sleep around Skylar. There were certain

to Tobias’ rare tenderness, and she shook her head. “It’s too bitter

on Tobias. What am I doing here? Coaxing a child? He despised troublesome women. But here

the result of her fever and yet, she was still as spoiled

Skylar ignored him totally.

take in a mouthful. Then, his other hand pinched on her

almost asleep, opened her eyes instantly as her mouth was filled with the taste of the medicine.

lips parted, Skylar

bitter

face was lifted by Tobias and he commanded, “Swallow it. How can you recover if you don’t take the

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