A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 752

“It’s nothing, really. Go back to sleep,’ Lucas said, slightly annoyed.

But if one were to listen closely, he sounded rather breathless.

Cordy did not want to care about him, but Lucas was injured after all. If anything was wrong with him physically… What was more, he was stubborn and would refuse to admit it.

Lucas did not notice what Cordy was doing, so when Cordy appeared by his bedside, he was so shocked he almost leaped from his bed. “Cordy, are you pretending to be a ghost?! Why are you so silent when you walk?”

“Be quiet.” Cordy was rendered speechless by how uptight Lucas was being.

Richard was sleeping; of course she had to be silent.

“What are you doing here at my bedside? Go back to sleep on your own bed, ” Lucas instructed.

Cordy ignored him.

She stared at his flushed face and could hear his rapid, shallow breathing. There was clearly something wrong with him.

“Do you feel hot?” Cordy asked.

Were his flushed cheeks and ears a result of a temperature?

detested her, how could

the more she was convinced that

defensively as he shunned her touch. “I’m not feeling hot. You’re

he just misunderstand

clearly getting to his

voice, ’Behave like a patient that you’re supposed to be! Why are you acting tough? Is your wound infected, which might

don’t feel hot!”

in having a fever!” Cordy nearly stomped

Lucas

a fever either.”

took a deep breath as she told herself not to count it against a patient, especially one who fell sick because

bell. “We need some help here.

be there right

don’t have a fever!” Lucas

Cordy simply ignored him.

doctor and a nurse arrived in the

you feeling unwell?” the

unwell,” Lucas said

to him. He probably has a fever-his entire body feels warm and even his face is flushed,’ Cordy explained to the

nodded in acknowledgement, while the nurse immediately pulled out a thermometer and measured

at the little window on the thermometer.