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.
state and sighed helplessly.“ You really do know how to
wasn’t completely knocked out and could hear what
a state of alertness and confusion, and she could even make out that familiar
to open her eyes, but her eyelids felt like they‘d been nailed shut, and they were unable to open.
of thick mist surrounded her; even if she managed to open her eyes, she wouldn‘t be able to see anything
high, and Weston had to get Joan to fill another basin of water to clean up the medicine residue on
may not be able to drink anything
give. Ms. Steele an injection later.”
upon seeing Stella shudder subconsciously at the mention of the word “injection.”
She feared needles.
long ago when Stella donated
the medicine first,”
she might refuse it entirely….” Joan hesitated. “She
as he simply stared at
T
picked up the bowl, took a spoonful of the medicine, and covered her
not have her guard
pried her mouth open and fed the medicine to her through his
filled her
but before she could react to what was happening, she felt an inexplicable force sending the
warmth swept past her throat so swiftly that
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