The Rewritten Love: A Second Beginning

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Having swallowed two painkillers, Madelyn finally succumbed to sleep. But at the dreaded hour of three in the morning, her forehead was slick with a fine sheen of cold sweat, and her breaths were becoming increasingly labored.

The girl in the bed made a low sound of discomfort. Zach, setting aside his notebook, reached out to touch her forehead and cheek.

“Her temperature has dropped considerably. Seems like the fever’s broken.‘

Rosario, just entering with a tray of water, walked in on this scene.

“Mr. Jardin, let me take care of her. You’ve got work tomorrow. Don’t tire yourself out.”

‘So Mr. Jardin did come after all.‘

She knew that Zach, though he harbored no romantic feelings for Madelyn, deeply cared for

her as if she were his sister.

‘He’s always good to her.‘

“It’s okay. Has she taken the painkillers?”

responded. “Yes,

overdo

from the washbasin, wiping

you should rest. I’ve taken a half–day leave

the girl in bed, then back at

“I want Rosario… Rosario, don’t Madelyn had been awake for a while,

less face him.

go…”

she gripped Madelyn’s hand. “Okay… I won’t go. I’m not going anywhere. Mr. Jardin, Madelyn needs me. It’s

Call me if

“Alright, Mr. Jardin.”

cold indifference, the door to the sickroom

watching his silhouette disappear through the doorway. It was then that she spoke up softly. “Rosario, you should go rest as well.

by the pain again?” Rosario wiped away a tear from the corner of her eye,

“No, I’m much better.”

you truly stopped caring

to the white

One heartbreak is more than enough. And Zach’s heart

their years of marriage, whether it was his drunken banter at social gatherings or his sleep–talking, they all centered around Jadie. In their eight years of marriage, other than utilizing her as a tool, Zach had never truly had a place

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