Chapter 113 Late At Night

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Nathaniel stayed up late in his study, poring over documents before returning to his bedroom.

A subtle scent of flowers and fruit lingered in the air. I was the aroma of a woman who had just finished bathing. His eyes landed on the bed, where Christina had buried herself under the covers, with only her head sticking out.

He walked over and lifted the blanket, whispering, “Silly girl, won’t you have trouble breathing like this…”

Suddenly, his words were caught in his throat.

Christina’s cheeks were flushed with a rosy hue, and her nose was tinged with a pink shade. She looked like a ripened tomato.

Her long eyelashes trembled as she struggled to open her eyes. Despite her blurred vision, the man’s handsome features remained strikingly clear.

Christina struggled to speak due to the sharp pain in her throat. “Umm…”

haniel immediately covered her burning forehead, his eyebrows furrowed with concern. “It’s very

hot. You have a fever.”

“Hmm, seems like it,” Christina whispered weakly. It was no wonder that she felt tired and drowsy earlier. Yet, the more she dozed off, the more exhausted she became.

Nathaniel quickly grabbed his phone and called their family doctor, Daryl Zadoff. “Come over right away.”

After hanging up, he sat on the edge of the bed and lifted Christina into his arms. Her body felt like a burning furnace, radiating intense heat that warmed his chest.

In fact, she was so weak from the prolonged fever that she looked like a wilted flower nestled in his

armis.

Christina’s breathing was shallow and delicate, evoking a strong protective instinct in those around her.

and instructed the housekeeper outside, “Get me

a matter of minutes, the tranquil Scenic Garden Manor

over to help.

thinking it was Nathaniel who was feeling unwell. It wasn’t until he arrived

sounded mad on the phone. I was afraid something was wrong, so I figured it was better to have you come, just to

deep, menacing voice sounded from inside the room. “Why are you standing there? Did I ask you to

duo hurriedly

couldn’t help but gasp.

you taken her temperature, Mr.

Nathaniel glared at him. “Not yet.”

couldn’t help but question Nathaniel’s ability to care for a patient as he hadn’t

take her

took her

down by the bedside. Nathaniel, known for his reserved and proud demeanor, fed Christina water with great care and tenderness.

wait, Nathaniel once again touched Christina’s forehead; his expression immédiately

from his seat, the man’s towering figure seemed to fill the

anger.

on Daryl. “Why hasn’t her fever gone down yet?”

startled by Nathaniel’s question. After all, it was common knowledge that it would

losing his wits when Christina is sick?

Mr. Hadley. You need to wait for the medicine to take

into the body,” Daryl added, wiping the sweat from

his collar and instructed, “Get

and Daryl quickly left the

exchanged a look and let out a sigh of relief before making

after taking her medicine, she was besieged

and sweat.

desert and buried under layer upon layer of searing sand, -her-body writhing

so hot…” she moaned

the young woman’s bedside; his eyes fixated on the gentle slope of her ivory skin and the enticing curves of her figure as she pulled his

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