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

for a moment, then suddenly asked, “Why did you come back all

take care of some business. What about you? Why are you here?”

to take care of some business as

seem interested in pursuing the topic

took out a digital thermometer and checked her temperature again, “Your

her temples, “A little.”

the medicine and get some more sleep. We’ll see

talk, she felt

again, asking, “If I’m

rooms here, I have

that made

wake up the next morning and

and Ryder was a big guy, there was no way he could stretch

of the room, it was still winter and

Agnes sighed.

from the bed

the blanket

“Agnes!”

grabbing

clearly startled awake.

wake you?” Agnes asked.

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

your nightmare? What did

up at Agnes, his expression cold,