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

his fever rapidly subsided, it

had spent the entire night taking care of him without

had stopped. As she looked out the window, she saw that the harbor had been ravaged. by the storm.

still

shoulder, only to discover that the wound had reopened and become infected.

rain the previous night, she led treated his wound with the

the rainwater carried a large number of bacteria, so Abel needed to go to

was still unconscious, Emmeline went to the hotel restaurant to buy breakfast.

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

blocking the morning light

talking to someone from the

up and turned around when he heard footsteps behind

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exhausted, but seemed better than the previous night as his eyes shone brightly

chest. An unlit cigarette hung

powerful, attractive, and captivating. Emmeline

preparing

and snatched the cigarette from him.

at her affectionately. “Since when did

high fever last night. You

“I had

at him sternly.

“Was I?”

and insensitive,

he go to the hospital to

She’s

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