After an unknown amount of time, Lucy opened her eyes again and saw that dawn was breaking.

She vaguely remembered what Matthew told her yesterday. He said that she had to wake up and have dinner after a short nap, yet here they were, both asleep on the couch. Matthew gave her all the blanket while he only had a thin garment on and nothing else to cover himself.

He could not continue sleeping like this, especially with the sudden drop in temperature and continuous rainy weather the past few days. It was crucial to keep warm. "Matt..."

Lucy nudged him, but he did not respond. Even when she softly called his name by his ear, it only elicited a soft grunt from him.

Feeling worried, Lucy lifted her hand to his forehead.

Unsurprisingly, he was down with a fever.

The mighty CEO was reduced to lying on the couch with nowhere to put his long legs, yet he still had to wake up to a fever after suffering the entire night.

at Matthew's flushed cheeks

away, not wanting to disturb his sleep. She knew how busy he had been these days with barely any time to rest. Now that he had the chance, she wanted him to rest as much as he could. However, he was

did not move at the sound of her voice, leaving Lucy

can you please get up? You have a fever. You can't

his eyes wearily and wanted to reach out to touch Lucy's face, but he

had a fever. He just felt completely drained

at Matthew's pitiful state, Lucy decided to summon the

into bed for the

"Forget it."

was the one

for half an hour of sleep last night, and now he was using the same tactics on

while, the family doctor arrived with a medicine kit

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