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.

night taking care

she looked out the window, she saw that the harbor had been

still asleep.

from his shoulder, only to discover that the wound had reopened

returned to their hotel room in the rain the previous night, she led treated his wound with the iodine she had

large number of bacteria, so Abel needed to go to the hospital

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was still unconscious, Emmeline went to the hotel restaurant

returned to the room, she was

blocking the morning light

was talking to someone from

he hung up and turned around when he heard footsteps behind him.

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the previous night as his

remained unbuttoned, revealing his toned chest. An unlit cigarette hung between his

captivating. Emmeline

hand towards his face, preparing to light the cigarette as

snatched the cigarette from him. “We’re going to the hospital after

breakfast.”

at her affectionately. “Since when did the little girl

scolded, “Stop it. You had a high fever last night. You worried me

“I had no

at him sternly.

laughed. “Was I?”

and insensitive,

to the

moment. She’s right. It’s a

like this. What if he had another–fever on the way? It could

needed to go to Chrome Group to apologize. It wouldn’t be good for him if he didn’t

a private clinic near the

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