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.

furrowed his brows and instructed the housekeeper outside, “Get

Manor suddenly sprang to

hurried over

rushed over after receiving Daryl’s call, thinking it was Nathaniel who was feeling unwell. It wasn’t until he arrived that he realized Christina had

the grumpy Sebastian down by explaining, “Mr. Hadley sounded mad on the phone. I was afraid something was wrong, so I figured it

room. “Why are you standing there? Did I ask you to

and scared, the duo hurriedly

cradled in Nathaniel’s embrace, he couldn’t help but gasp. Her beauty was breathtaking, enough to set one’s heart

taken her temperature, Mr.

glared at him.

couldn’t help but question Nathaniel’s ability to care for a patient as he hadn’t even taken Christina’s temperature,

her temperature

lie down, Nathaniel took her temperature. Five minutes later, Daryl

down by the bedside. Nathaniel, known for his reserved and proud demeanor, fed Christina water with great

once again touched Christina’s forehead; his expression

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

anger.

Daryl. “Why hasn’t her fever

all, it was common knowledge that it would take time for the medicine to

losing his

take

time to be absorbed into the body,” Daryl added, wiping the sweat from

his collar

that, Sebastian and Daryl quickly left the

let out a sigh of relief before making their

her medicine, she was besieged by a

and sweat.

and

hot…”

bedside; his eyes fixated on the gentle slope of her ivory skin and the enticing curves

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