Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 569

When Agnes woke up, there was still a cold towel on her forehead.

Ryder was sitting by her bed, with a basin of water next to him.

Agnes took off the towel, “How long have I been out?”

“Two hours.”

“Have you been taking care of me all this time?”

“You had a high fever, so I tried to bring it down with a cold compress first. Now, take this medicine. If your fever doesn’t go down by tomorrow, we’ll have to get you to a hospital for an IV drip.”

Ryder got up, poured a glass of water, and handed her the medicine.

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Agnes was still a bit weak, but she definitely felt a lot better than before.

Agnes threw back the covers, looked around, “Where am I?”

“My room.”

Agnes frowned, “Why did you bring me to your room? What if someone misunderstands? I should be in the guest room.”

“You’ve been sleeping here for two hours. If someone was going to misunderstand, they would have done it already.”

Agnes sat on the bed, feeling a bit helpless.

really shouldn’t worry about it, since she

asked, “Why

“I came back to take care of some business. What about

back to take care of some

seem interested in pursuing the topic

and checked her temperature again, “Your fever’s gone down a little. Are

her temples, “A little.”

We’ll see how you are in

energy to talk, she

Agnes lay down and closed her eyes, she suddenly opened them again, asking,

rooms here, I have plenty of places

that made

next

Ryder was a big guy, there was no way he

the warmth of the room, it was still winter and Ryder didn’t have a

Agnes sighed.

up the blanket from the bed and

laid the blanket over Ryder.

“Agnes!”

she even finished, Ryder called out, grabbing her arm and suddenly opening his

clearly startled

wake you?”

his eyes again, sat up, and rubbed his nose, “No, just had

you call my name in your nightmare? What did you dream

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