Chapter 1457 A Tough Guy

Emmeline sat up and gently touched Abel’s face in the darkness. “Abel.”

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He instinctively embraced her and reassured her in a hoarse voice, “I’m here, Emma. You don’t need to bet afraid.”

“You have a fever, she whispered anxiously. “Wake up.”

“It’s fine. I’m okay,” he mumbled. “I just need some rest.

She cried out in distress. “You’re burning up. You can’t continue like this!

He didn’t respond. She didn’t know if he had fallen asleep or lost consciousness due to the high fever,

She quickly turned on the flashlight on her phone and made her way to the bathroom, relying on the light to guide her.

She wet a towel with cold water and returned to place it on Abel’s forehead.

Despite Emmeline’s efforts, his body temperature continued to rise.

She fumbled in the dark for the door and descended to the first floor, following the dim emergency lights in the corridor.

As she walked down the dark and unfamiliar corridor, the wind howled outside, and she felt as if she were trapped in a nightmare.

The hotel receptionist was dozing off at the counter. Emmeline woke her up and asked for some medication to treat the fever.

After returning to her room on the fourth floor, Emmeline dissolved the pill in a glass of warm water and fed it to Abel.

Gradually, he began to sweat.

She unbuttoned his pajamas and used a towel to wipe the sweat off him.

As his fever rapidly subsided, it eventually disappeared by dawn.

entire night taking care of him

rain had stopped. As she looked out the window, she saw that the

was still

shoulder, only to discover that the wound

night, she led treated his wound with the iodine she had brought from home and

bacteria, so Abel needed to go

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was still unconscious, Emmeline went to the hotel

returned to the room,

was standing by the window, blocking the morning light with

to someone from the

up and turned around when he heard footsteps behind him.

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but seemed better than the previous night as his

pajamas remained unbuttoned, revealing his toned chest.

captivating. Emmeline was momentarily mesmerized by

face, preparing to light the cigarette as he lowered

moment, she reached out and snatched the cigarette from him. “We’re going to

breakfast.”

stared at her affectionately. “Since when did the little

high fever last night. You worried me to death.”

had no

at him sternly.

laughed. “Was

and insensitive, like a

he go to the

moment. She’s

no condition to travel back like this. What if he had another–fever on the way? It

apologize. It wouldn’t

two of them found a private clinic near

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