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?”

“Yes, at

overdo the

from the washbasin, wiping

rest. I’ve taken a half–day

looked at the girl in

the bed was weak, raspy. “I want Rosario… Rosario, don’t Madelyn had been awake for a while, but

less face him.

go…”

“Okay… I won’t go. I’m not

door. Call me if

“Alright, Mr. Jardin.”

face resumed its customary cold indifference, the

It was then that she spoke up softly. “Rosario,

the pain again?” Rosario wiped away a

“No, I’m much better.”

truly stopped caring

to the

than enough. And Zach’s heart

was his drunken banter at social gatherings or his sleep–talking, they all centered around Jadie. In their eight years of marriage,

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