Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 565 Don't Leave Me, Dee

For a moment, Deirdre even thought she was touching a block of ice. It jolted her into a realization of what might have happened. Alarmed, she tried to shake him awake. "Brendan Brighthall, wake up! Now!”

He answered her with a painful whimper. She tried to touch his face.

It was feverish.

There was no way he did not have a fever. The man was already half­conscious—if she left him like this, the worst could very well happen.

Deirdre felt as though her mind had blanked. It took her effort to wake herself out of her panic and feel her way out of the room. She finally felt the door of her neighbor and opened it.

A stranger opened it with marked annoyance.

don't want to bother you, but I am blind and need your help. My friend has a nasty fever right now, so can you help me call the front desk so they

on something as urgent as this. The stranger called the front desk without further ado and comforted Deirdre. "Chill, okay? It's easy to get a

a crude examination, the staff came and confirmed Brendan was suffering from

at all. If we drive him there right now... It might just worsen his condition. My suggestion? We'll give him some medicine to cool down his fever and turn the AC up. You'll have to watch over him

could only nod.

my part,

medicine soon enough. Deirdre received them, set them on the table, hesitated momentarily, and began to undress Brendan. She

entire process made her sweat, reminding her in dismay that her shower had been for nothing. She was not in the mood to

was back to those times when

muttered to no one in particular, "You know, I was seriously musing about leaving you in your fever before I decided to seek help. I'm blind, you see. And the weather's bad. All

hold even a lick of feelings for you... but because I can never be as heartless as you are,

of the bed and slept. In her sleep, she

"Water."

almost unreal as if he was just muttering in his sleep. Deirdre had