Chapter 0557

Resigned, I shut my eyes as a deafening noise erupted from the balcony. The sound of shattering glass followed immediately, sharp and grating.

Nicholas appeared in my line of sight, his gaze dark and menacing. Glass shards fell from his clothes as he strode forward. He shook his jacket irritatedly before finally yanking it off and tossing it to the ground.

"You..." I barely managed a syllable before my vision blurred completely.

I vaguely remembered resisting his touch with every fiber of my being when his restrained voice questioned harshly, "If I don't hold you now, should I wait until it's time to collect your corpse?"

That damned man...

Nicholas carried me into the bedroom and gently laid me on the bed. I felt the mattress sink sharply beside me as he sat down and called the doctor.

His deep voice rumbled as he described my condition. "Yes. She has a fever. She drank last night and probably caught a chill."

mine. Once the call ended, he began arranging for the broken glass to be replaced, cleaners to come over, and food to be delivered. Only after ensuring everything was taken care of did he set his phone

excessively. No more of

couldn't help but retort,

become this fragile, the

criticism?" Nicholas sighed as he pulled a tissue from

shut my eyes, unwilling to engage with him

cheek lightly and softened his tone. "Get some rest. The doctor will be here soon. You don't need to worry about

shook my head slightly. At that moment, I wasn't even sure if my gaze toward him was pleading for him to

loosened his tie and shifted closer, wrapping both me and the blanket in his arms. "I should've stayed when you were drunk in my arms last night. If I

had been with me last night. Weakly, I murmured, "Thinking that

had stayed, I might've been

to mush

snapped, "Go away. I'm uncomfortable with

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