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.

Lucy looked at Matthew's flushed cheeks

the chance, she wanted him to rest as much as he could. However, he was in such poor condition that he could not be cramped up

sound of her voice,

get up? You have

eyes wearily and wanted to reach out to touch Lucy's face, but he found himself lacking the strength

too weak. I just want to sleep," Matthew mumbled, unaware that he had a fever. He

decided to summon the family doctor to the room to check

the couch and into bed for the last time,

"Forget it."

was the one who

now he was using the same tactics on her. Seeing how similar both of them were, Lucy had no choice but to give

while, the family doctor arrived with a medicine

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