The Real Heiress Rules the World

Chapter 180 I Didn’t See Anything

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Lucas was in a full–blown panic. He quickly pulled out the fever–reducing roots he’d prepared earlier, smashed them against a rock, and squeezed out the juice to feed to Sloane. Then, using a large lotus leaf filled with warm water, he soaked a cloth and began cooling her down–over and over again.

But after several hours, her fever still hadn’t gone down.

In fact, it had only worsened. Watching her murmur incoherently in her unconscious state, Lucas gritted his teeth, tore off his shirt, and pulled her tightly into his arms, using his own body to bring her temperature down.

His skin trembled against the cold night air, but he didn’t care.

He just held her tighter.

Her body was burning up, like a furnace. His body heat was the only thing keeping hers from climbing even higher.

Lucas’s heart pounded violently. He pressed his palm gently to her forehead, feeling the searing heat beneath her skin; pain clawed at his chest.

“Sloane, you have to pull through…” he whispered hoarsely, his voice catching in his throat.

He rested her head carefully on his shoulder, both arms wrapped tightly around her.

in that moment, he silently begged any higher power listening to let Sloane wake up

the cold, but he refused to let go of her. Not even for a second. Eventually, her fevered heat

He continued cooling her down,

exhaustion win.

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night, the fever finally

the haze. Her eyelids felt like they

it had been crushed, and her arm throbbed with waves of sharp pain. She couldn’t help but gasp,

was faint,

who had dozed off nearby. His head jerked up, eyes still clouded with fatigue and alertness. But the moment he saw her eyes flutter

He quickly sat upright and reached out to steady

looked at Lucas’s bare upper body… then glanced down

at himself too–shirtless–and explained, “Your clothes were torn beyond use, so I

added, “Don’t worry, I had my eyes

off, growing