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.

worry about it, since she was going to leave

“Why did you come back all of a sudden?”

back to take care of some business. What about you? Why

casually, “I came back to take care of some business as well.”

in pursuing the topic further.

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

her temples,

the medicine and get some more sleep. We’ll

she felt weak and sore all over.

her eyes, she suddenly opened them again, asking, “If I’m sleeping in your room, where are you sleeping?”

worry about me. There are over a hundred rooms here, I

that made sense.

to wake up the next morning and find

small and Ryder was a big guy, there was no way

was still winter

Agnes sighed.

up the blanket from the bed and walked over to

the blanket

“Agnes!”

grabbing her arm and suddenly opening his eyes.

was clearly

I wake you?”

rubbed his nose, “No, just had a

you call my name in your nightmare? What did you

at Agnes, his expression cold, “I dreamt we got