Chapter 285
Yuliana seemed as if she was stuck in a nightmare, unable to wake up.
Not long after she settled down, she mumbled and wept. Yuliana would cry loudly, sometimes quietly. In the middle of the night, she began to have a fever.
Christopher took a thermometer to take Yuliana’s temperature. Since the fever was not severe, and it was the middle of the night, he did not summon Isaac over. He only got some cooling patches for Yuliana and wiped her body with a wet towel.
When it was almost dawn, Yuliana’s body temperature returned to normal, and she finally slept soundly.
Christopher had stayed by the bed all night. Only after Yuliana settled down did he lie sideways beside her, wrap his arms around her, and close his eyes to sleep.
At dawn, Yuliana opened her eyes.
She did not move or speak but looked out the window until the sun shone brightly.
Christopher woke up after he had only slept for two hours.
Since Yuliana had her back against him, he did not notice that she was awake.
He picked up his phone and checked the time. It was already past seven o’clock. Then, he reached out and touched Yuliana’s forehead to see if she still had a fever. When the edge of his palm touched her eyes and his palm gently brushed across her eyelashes, he stopped his hand.
Shortly, he touched Yuliana’s forehead again and whispered inwardly, “It’s colder than my palm. The fever should have subsided.”
He withdrew his hand before he asked gently, “When did you wake up?”
“It has been a while,” Yuliana replied indifferently. After a while, she asked, “Have you found Roe?”
Christopher turned silent for a moment. “Not yet. But don’t worry. I can assure
that Roe will come back soon, Ana.”
you
did not react too much to his words, as if she had already
answer.
night. I dreamt that Roe was lying quietly in the crib, and his body was cold. No matter how I called out at him, he wouldn’t
his chest tighten. He hugged Yuliana tightly from
a deep voice, “Don’t worry about that.
deep breath and choked with sobs. “Why Roe?
but only held her in
while, a knock came
got up to open it and saw Joyce standing at the door with a bowl of oatmeal.
“Joyce…”
Yuliana awake?” Joyce
“Yes,” Christopher replied.
prepare some oatmeal. Please get Yuliana to have some. She hasn’t eaten anything
oatmeal and
As a mother, she could understand Yuliana’s feelings at that time.
to Alex, she would
saw no one on the bed. Although, there was a subtle noise coming from
and waited for a while. Soon, Yuliana came
kitchen to prepare the oatmeal. Would you like to have some?”
the day before. Yuliana barely swallowed it,
he did not dare to force
the hair off her face, went to the couch, and sat down. She picked up the oatmeal on the
finished the oatmeal rather quickly.
eat normally, he felt a little relieved. “Do you want more?” he
her head. “I’m full. I’ll go and
the bowl and
rest at home. You had a fever last night, which didn’t subside until the morning. You should rest at home and leave
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