Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 15 Catching a Cold

After Dr. Louise arrived, he took Erin’s temperature and prescribed her some medicine. He also gave her a shot to reduce her fever. Originally the shot was to be administered at her posterior as it was the most effective, but Chandler didn’t allow that.

In the end, the shot was administered to her hand. This procedure could’ve been done in a few minutes but in the end, it became a 20-minute affair. While waiting for the device to administer the shot, Alan Louise sat in a corner, watching as Chandler stood. He had a hint of a smile on his face.

“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I would never believe it. This is your first time bringing a woman home right?”

Chandler’s eyes flashed and mumbled, “Who said it’s the first time?”

“Oh, who did you bring home then?” Alan asked, disbelief coloring his face.

“Why are you talking so much? I called you here to help her.” Chandler’s expression showed that he did not want to continue with this conversation. Seeing his reluctance, Alan also stopped asking.

The two men sat in silence for five minutes before Alan said, “Did you know that Claire is back?”

Chandler intentionally made his tone indifferent. “Yeah.”

Alan glanced at him and continued, “I heard that she’s back for good. She broke up with Matthew Burgess.”

This news shocked Chandler, but all he said was, “Okay, what does that have to do with me?”

completed. Once the needle was removed, Alan packed up

to him at the front door and said, “Chandler, next time you can just call me directly, you don’t need to ask Kyle to call. I have always kept my work and personal life separate. Besides, I don’t blame you for rejecting my sister last month. I’m thankful that you did. Even if you two ended up together, I don’t think you would’ve cared for her. It’s better to just rip

“Thanks.”

for attending to Erin and for being understanding about

smile. “Then, I’ll be going

on Erin, who was fast asleep. 20 minutes later, he came out wearing a bathrobe. He looked at the woman on his bed wearing his silk pajamas that were much too large

him to check up on her condition. Chandler lay down next to her after removing his bathrobe. Just like he promised, he did not

a way to cool herself. A pair of small arms wrapped themselves around Chandler’s back and even her face was pressed to

woman was sleeping here and for the first time in his life, he was unable to sleep. These hands were also wandering to places they shouldn’t be, and Chandler’s eyes darkened. He turned around to look at the woman who had

fingers reached out to raise her chin. Her face was unusually red so it seems like the fever shot had not taken effect yet. Her body stuck to him like glue, challenging

has not gone down yet, but you will get better after

her neck. Erin groggily woke up from her sleep and

screamed in fear but Chandler said

she saw that it was him. At least it wasn’t a stranger. Now that she was awake,

you said you wouldn’t

was whining but to him, but it sounded

aggrieved eyes, and he

really tired

in pain. It was both painful

“You have a fever, you just need to

her, and she was helpless to resist. In the end, she could only pass out from the drowsiness. After about two hours, even Chandler had broken

sweaty body out from underneath the blankets and carried her to the bathroom to clean up. After the shower, Chandler held her in his arms

Her hands and feet were numb as she walked over to her bag and pulled out her phone. Alarm

up

the retouched pictures from yesterday night? Have you completed them? Do you