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

his pajamas and used a towel to wipe the sweat

it eventually disappeared by dawn.

taking care of him

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

still asleep.

bandage from his shoulder, only to discover that

room in the rain the previous night, she led treated his wound with the iodine she had brought from home and rebandaged it.

number of bacteria, so Abel needed to go to the hospital for intravenous

Emmeline went to

the room, she was

by the window, blocking the morning light with

talking to someone from the company on his phone.

turned

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seemed better than the previous night as his eyes

toned chest. An unlit cigarette hung between his

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

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

that moment, she reached out and snatched the cigarette from him. “We’re going to the hospital after

as he stared at her affectionately. “Since when did the little girl become such a bossy

You had a high fever last night. You worried

frowned. “I had no

at him sternly. You’re hopeless.”

laughed. “Was

you’re also cold and

to

for a moment. She’s right.

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