If she kept squirming like that, something serious was bound to happen. Victor’s rough, low voice–stern and slightly hoarse–froze Tessa in place.

But just a heartbeat later, she turned her head, looking up at him with wounded eyes.

Maybe it was the fever; her eyes shimmered wet and glassy…

And that sight cracked open something inside the man who’d always been cold and unyielding.

His hard expression softened. “You have to take the medicine, sweetheart. Be good.”

Victor, who had never in his life known how to coax a woman, somehow found the patience to speak to Tessa in the gentlest way imaginable.

At last, under his persistent care, Tessa sipped the medicine little by little until she finally finished it. It took nearly half an hour to drink just that small cup–half an hour of grimaces and protests.

If it had been anyone else, Victor would’ve kicked them halfway across the room for being so slow.

But the truth was–he wasn’t incapable of gentleness; he’d just never had anyone to be gentle

with.

And now that he had someone who’d carved out a place in his heart, how could he ever bring himself to be rough with her? Even if she made a fuss all night, he’d still hold her and soothe her until she quieted down.

When the medicine was gone, Tessa pouted, whining softly, “It’s bitter… I want an orange.”

She looked up at Victor with pleading eyes.

“An orange?” he repeated.

Tessa sniffled pitifully. “Orange. I want an orange.”

“You’ve got a cold; you can’t eat something that cold.”

“I want it!” she insisted.

too much to drink, she always craved oranges.

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up–shivering one moment, searing the next,

hazily. I’m drying out from the

asked the front desk to send up

fruit.

everything else–she only wanted

she held out

blissful satisfaction that only came from something she truly loved. She adored the

the bowl beside them.

If I eat

it with total confidence–she’d say anything if it meant

quite

this cold because he’d let her have her way earlier–insisting on cooking soup out on the terrace in the freezing air. He wasn’t

be sure, he pulled out his phone and searched whether people with colds

oranges.

him that vitamin–rich fruits were

did he

orange completely

“That feels so good.”

cool, tangy flavor washed away the dryness in her mouth; for the first time

watched her, shaking his head

Dale still

out of Tessa, and now

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kilometers; if he didn’t at least manage to ease the conflict within the faction, the whole

to Echo Peak just to turn

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