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.

instructed the housekeeper outside, “Get me some

Garden Manor

Sebastian hurried over

feeling unwell. It wasn’t until he arrived that

calm the grumpy Sebastian down by explaining, “Mr. Hadley sounded mad on the phone. I was afraid something was wrong, so I figured it was better to have you come, just to be

from inside the room. “Why are you standing there? Did I ask you to come here to

duo hurriedly rushed into the

in Nathaniel’s embrace, he couldn’t help but gasp. Her beauty

taken her temperature,

at him. “Not

question Nathaniel’s ability to care for a patient

her temperature first.”

lie down, Nathaniel took her temperature. Five minutes later, Daryl

down by the bedside. Nathaniel, known for his reserved and proud demeanor, fed Christina water with great care and tenderness. Watching him, she couldn’t help but feel amused and let out a

again touched Christina’s forehead; his expression immédiately turned

his seat, the man’s towering figure

anger.

“Why hasn’t her fever gone

After all, it was common knowledge that

this cool-headed man losing his wits when Christina

Hadley. You need to wait for the medicine to take effect. The fever should

time to be absorbed into the body,” Daryl

loosened his collar and instructed,

Sebastian and Daryl quickly left the

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

drifted off to sleep after taking her medicine, she was

and sweat.

and

she moaned softly.

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

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