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.

his brows and instructed the housekeeper outside, “Get me some water,

Manor suddenly

over to

after receiving Daryl’s call, thinking it was Nathaniel who was feeling unwell. It wasn’t until he arrived that he realized Christina had fallen

tried to 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

menacing voice sounded from inside the room. “Why are you standing

scared, the duo hurriedly rushed

help but gasp. Her

taken her temperature, Mr.

at him. “Not yet.”

in cold sweat. He couldn’t help but question Nathaniel’s ability to care for a patient as he hadn’t even taken Christina’s temperature, despite her obvious fever.

her temperature

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

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

a ten-minute wait, Nathaniel once again touched

the man’s towering

anger.

cold gaze fell on Daryl. “Why hasn’t her fever

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

man losing his wits when Christina

need to wait for the medicine to take effect. The fever

to be absorbed into the body,” Daryl added, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

his collar and instructed, “Get

Sebastian and Daryl

a sigh of relief before making

Christina drifted off to sleep after taking her medicine, she was besieged

and sweat.

she had been cast into a scorching desert and buried under layer upon layer of searing sand, -her-body writhing

hot…” she

fixated on the gentle slope of her ivory skin and the enticing curves of her figure as she

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