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.
furrowed his brows and instructed the housekeeper outside,
matter of minutes, the tranquil Scenic Garden Manor suddenly
hurried over
who was feeling unwell. It
on the phone. I was afraid something was wrong, so I figured
the room. “Why are you standing there? Did I ask you to come here
hurriedly rushed into the room.
girl cradled in Nathaniel’s embrace, he couldn’t help but gasp. Her beauty
taken her
at
in cold sweat. He couldn’t help but question Nathaniel’s ability to care for a patient as he hadn’t even taken
her temperature
down, Nathaniel took her temperature. Five minutes later, Daryl prescribed medicine.
housekeeper arrived with a jug of warm water and set it 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
wait, Nathaniel once again touched Christina’s forehead; his expression immédiately turned
his seat, the man’s towering figure seemed to fill the room
anger.
fell on Daryl. “Why hasn’t her fever
common knowledge that it would
this cool-headed man losing his wits when Christina
medicine to take
right. The medicine needs time to be absorbed into the body,” Daryl added, wiping the sweat from his
and instructed, “Get
that, Sebastian and Daryl quickly
look and let out a sigh of relief
drifted off to sleep after taking her medicine, she was besieged by a relentless wave
and sweat.
she had been cast into a scorching desert and buried under layer upon layer of
she moaned softly.
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
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