Chapter 529

As soon as the housekeeper turned to leave, Thorne fetched her phone from Jasmine's room and handed it to her.

Charlene took the phone without looking up. "Thanks," she murmured.

Thorne said nothing.

She slid off the bed, intending to head to Jasmine's room to freshen up.

But Thorne seemed to catch her intention and spoke first, still standing where he was, his gaze on her profile. "There's a spare toothbrush and cup in here too."

Charlene paused.

Since she was already resting in this room, it didn't seem like a big deal to use the bathroom here.

After a second's hesitation, she turned and slipped into the en suite bathroom off Thorne's room.

She was brushing her teeth when Dr. Ableson arrived.

By the time she finished, Dr. Ableson had checked her pulse, asked carefully about her symptoms, set up an IV for her, and gave Thorne detailed instructions on what to watch for over the next few days.

After the doctor left, Thorne brought over a bowl of soup the housekeeper had just delivered.

hesitated, then reached out

"No problem."

had spiked to nearly 104 degrees; she felt dreadful and had no


she forced herself to eat, spoonful by slow

the soup, something occurred to her. She turned to look at Thorne, who was sitting a short distance away, quietly watching her. Her voice was rough as she

and her grandmother are both really worried about you, but Minnie's still young and her grandmother's still recovering from her own illness. We didn't want

"I see."

a bowl, Charlene couldn't

Thorne didn't insist. He took the bowl from her Hands, puffed a napkin from the box, and passed it

"...Thank you."

Thorne didn't reply.

asleep, she sent Stewart a quick message, letting him know what

when he heard she'd developed such a high fever, and told her to get plenty of rest. Work could wait until she was

her phone aside and, as she prepared to sleep, her

moment, then

again, more


was drenched in sweat, her

point, the IV had finished. Thorne was still there,

she was awake, he closed his

"Hot," she replied.

both hot and cold, and the sweat

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