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.

he began to sweat.

pajamas and used a towel to wipe

fever rapidly subsided, it eventually disappeared

taking care of him

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

was still asleep.

shoulder, only to discover that the

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

so Abel needed to go to the hospital for intravenous treatment.

unconscious, Emmeline went to the

she returned to the room, she was greeted by Abel’s tall figure.

was standing by the window, blocking the morning light with

talking to someone from the

turned around when he heard footsteps behind

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better than the previous night as

chest. An unlit cigarette hung

was tall, powerful, attractive, and captivating. Emmeline was momentarily

the lighter in his hand towards his face, preparing to light the cigarette

cigarette from him. “We’re going to

“Since when did the little girl

high fever last night. You

frowned. “I had

him sternly. You’re

“Was

and insensitive, like a

go to the

for a moment. She’s

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