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.

reached out to take

"No problem."

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


to eat,

to her. She turned to look at Thorne, who

you, but Minnie's still young and her grandmother's still recovering from her own illness. We didn't want them to catch anything, so I asked them not to

"I see."

half a bowl,

a napkin from the box, and passed it to her.

"...Thank you."

Thorne didn't reply.

sent Stewart a quick message, letting him know

he heard she'd developed such a high fever, and told her to get plenty

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

for a moment, then

again, more than two


was drenched in sweat, her clothes

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

was awake, he closed his laptop and walked over. "How do

"Hot," she replied.

felt both hot and cold, and the sweat made it worse.

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