Emmeline sat up and gently touched Abel’s face in the darkness. “Abel.”

He instinctively embraced her and reassured her in a hoarse voice, “I’m here, Emma. You don’t need to bet afraid.”

“You have a fever, she whispered anxiously. “Wake up.”

“It’s fine. I’m okay,” he mumbled. “I just need some rest.

She cried out in distress. “You’re burning up. You can’t continue like this!

He didn’t respond. She didn’t know if he had fallen asleep or lost consciousness due to the high fever,

She quickly turned on the flashlight on her phone and made her way to the bathroom, relying on the light to guide her.

She wet a towel with cold water and returned to place it on Abel’s forehead.

Despite Emmeline’s efforts, his body temperature continued to rise.

She fumbled in the dark for the door and descended to the first floor, following the dim emergency lights in the corridor.

As she walked down the dark and unfamiliar corridor, the wind howled outside, and she felt as if she were trapped in a nightmare.

The hotel receptionist was dozing off at the counter. Emmeline woke her up and asked for some medication to treat the fever.

After returning to her room on the fourth floor, Emmeline dissolved the pill in a glass of warm water and fed it to Abel.

began to sweat.

his pajamas and used a towel to wipe the sweat off him.

it

had spent the entire night taking care of

had stopped. As she looked out the window, she saw that the harbor had

was still asleep.

to discover that the wound had reopened and become infected.

they had returned to their hotel room in the rain the previous night, she led treated his

carried a large number of bacteria, so Abel

unconscious, Emmeline went to

room,

the morning

to someone from the company on

he hung up and turned around when he heard footsteps

+5 Bonus

the previous night as his

his toned chest. An unlit cigarette hung between his

tall, powerful, attractive, and captivating.

towards his face, preparing to light the cigarette as he lowered his

cigarette from him. “We’re going to the hospital

chuckled heartily as he stared at her affectionately. “Since when did the little

it. You had a high fever last night. You worried

“I had no idea.”

glared at him

laughed. “Was

and insensitive, like

that he go to the hospital to

moment. She’s right.

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