Chapter 113 Late At Night

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Nathaniel stayed up late in his study, poring over documents before returning to his bedroom.

A subtle scent of flowers and fruit lingered in the air. I was the aroma of a woman who had just finished bathing. His eyes landed on the bed, where Christina had buried herself under the covers, with only her head sticking out.

He walked over and lifted the blanket, whispering, “Silly girl, won’t you have trouble breathing like this…”

Suddenly, his words were caught in his throat.

Christina’s cheeks were flushed with a rosy hue, and her nose was tinged with a pink shade. She looked like a ripened tomato.

Her long eyelashes trembled as she struggled to open her eyes. Despite her blurred vision, the man’s handsome features remained strikingly clear.

Christina struggled to speak due to the sharp pain in her throat. “Umm…”

haniel immediately covered her burning forehead, his eyebrows furrowed with concern. “It’s very

hot. You have a fever.”

“Hmm, seems like it,” Christina whispered weakly. It was no wonder that she felt tired and drowsy earlier. Yet, the more she dozed off, the more exhausted she became.

Nathaniel quickly grabbed his phone and called their family doctor, Daryl Zadoff. “Come over right away.”

After hanging up, he sat on the edge of the bed and lifted Christina into his arms. Her body felt like a burning furnace, radiating intense heat that warmed his chest.

In fact, she was so weak from the prolonged fever that she looked like a wilted flower nestled in his

armis.

Christina’s breathing was shallow and delicate, evoking a strong protective instinct in those around her.

and instructed the

Scenic Garden Manor suddenly

hurried

call, thinking it was Nathaniel who was feeling unwell. It wasn’t until he arrived that he realized Christina

the phone. I was afraid something was wrong, so I figured it was better to

from inside the room. “Why are you standing there? Did I ask you to come here to

the duo hurriedly

Daryl’s eyes fell upon the girl cradled in Nathaniel’s embrace, he couldn’t help but

taken her

Nathaniel glared at

help but question Nathaniel’s ability to care

her temperature

down, Nathaniel took her temperature.

for his reserved and proud demeanor, fed Christina water with great care and tenderness.

Nathaniel once again touched

abruptly from his seat, the man’s towering figure seemed to fill the

anger.

cold gaze fell on Daryl. “Why hasn’t her fever

doctor was startled by Nathaniel’s question. After all, it was common knowledge that it would take time for the medicine

man losing his wits when Christina

Hadley. You need to wait for the medicine to take effect. The fever should subside half an hour later,” Sebastian

absorbed into the body,” Daryl

his collar and instructed,

and Daryl quickly left

exchanged a look and let out a sigh of relief before making

sleep after taking her medicine, she was besieged

and sweat.

desert and buried under layer upon layer of

so hot…” she

the young woman’s bedside; his eyes fixated on the gentle slope of her ivory skin and the enticing curves of her figure as

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