Chapter 581
Cough, cough...
The black liquid dripped from the corner of her mouth onto her collarbone, a stark contrast to her pale face.
Weston grabbed some napkins and wiped her mouth, coaxing tenderly into her ear. “Be good, take some medicine so you‘ll feel better, all right?”
He wasn‘t sure whether Stella heard his words, but she simply hummed in response and turned her face away.
Weston fed her another spoonful.
Stella‘s brows furrowed tightly in a sign of protest.
Before she could swallow the medicine, she coughed persistently as if she had choked.
Cough, cough, cough...
Weston placed the bowl on the bedside table and patted her back gently. “Slow down.”
A moment later, Stella recovered herself but remained semi-conscious.
She shut her eyes and fell back asleep.
her weak state and sighed helplessly.“ You really do know how to
out and
state of alertness and confusion, and she could even make out that familiar musk of his cologne.
eyes, but her eyelids felt like they‘d been nailed shut,
she managed to open her eyes, she wouldn‘t be able to see anything
of water to clean
be able
Ms. Steele an injection later.”
seeing Stella shudder subconsciously at the mention of the word
She feared needles.
discovery long ago when Stella donated
the medicine first,” he
she might refuse it entirely….” Joan hesitated. “She spat
he simply
T
up the bowl, took a spoonful of the medicine, and
not have her
open and fed the
filled her
furrowed her brows, but before she could react to what was happening, she
swept past her throat so swiftly
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