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?

her,

more she was convinced that she was right. She leaned over to

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

just

fever was clearly getting

Anger began rising in Cordy’s chest as she said in a low voice, ’Behave like a patient that you’re supposed to be! Why are you acting tough? Is your wound infected, which might have made

don’t feel hot!” Lucas said

hot as in having a fever!” Cordy nearly stomped her

Lucas being so

have a fever either.” Lucas

told herself not to count it

bell. “We need some help here. The

there right away,” the nurse

I told you I don’t have a

Cordy simply ignored him.

while, a doctor and a nurse arrived

are you feeling unwell?” the doctor

don’t feel unwell,” Lucas said

a fever-his entire body feels warm and even his face is flushed,’ Cordy

nodded in acknowledgement, while the nurse immediately

looked at the little window on the thermometer. “It’s not considered