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.

his brows and instructed the housekeeper

Garden Manor suddenly sprang to life, and everyone

Sebastian hurried over

Daryl’s call, thinking it was Nathaniel who was feeling unwell.

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

are you standing there?

and scared, the duo hurriedly rushed

couldn’t help

her

glared at

care for a patient as he hadn’t even taken Christina’s temperature, despite her

her temperature

her temperature. Five minutes later, Daryl prescribed

set it down by the bedside. Nathaniel, known for his reserved and proud demeanor, fed

a ten-minute wait, Nathaniel once again touched Christina’s forehead;

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

anger.

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

common knowledge that it would take time for

cool-headed man losing

to wait for the medicine to take effect.

into the

loosened his collar and instructed, “Get

that, Sebastian and Daryl

and let out a sigh of relief before making their way

sleep after taking her medicine, she was besieged by a relentless

and sweat.

was as if she had been cast into a scorching desert and buried under layer upon layer of searing

so hot…”

eyes fixated on the gentle slope of her ivory skin and the enticing curves of her figure as

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