Chapter 113 Late At Night

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Nathaniel stayed up late in his study, poring over documents before returning to his bedroom.

A subtle scent of flowers and fruit lingered in the air. I was the aroma of a woman who had just finished bathing. His eyes landed on the bed, where Christina had buried herself under the covers, with only her head sticking out.

He walked over and lifted the blanket, whispering, “Silly girl, won’t you have trouble breathing like this…”

Suddenly, his words were caught in his throat.

Christina’s cheeks were flushed with a rosy hue, and her nose was tinged with a pink shade. She looked like a ripened tomato.

Her long eyelashes trembled as she struggled to open her eyes. Despite her blurred vision, the man’s handsome features remained strikingly clear.

Christina struggled to speak due to the sharp pain in her throat. “Umm…”

haniel immediately covered her burning forehead, his eyebrows furrowed with concern. “It’s very

hot. You have a fever.”

“Hmm, seems like it,” Christina whispered weakly. It was no wonder that she felt tired and drowsy earlier. Yet, the more she dozed off, the more exhausted she became.

Nathaniel quickly grabbed his phone and called their family doctor, Daryl Zadoff. “Come over right away.”

After hanging up, he sat on the edge of the bed and lifted Christina into his arms. Her body felt like a burning furnace, radiating intense heat that warmed his chest.

In fact, she was so weak from the prolonged fever that she looked like a wilted flower nestled in his

armis.

Christina’s breathing was shallow and delicate, evoking a strong protective instinct in those around her.

furrowed his brows and instructed the housekeeper outside, “Get me some

Scenic Garden Manor suddenly sprang to life,

Sebastian hurried

after receiving Daryl’s call, thinking it was Nathaniel who was feeling unwell. It wasn’t until he arrived

down by explaining, “Mr. Hadley sounded mad on the phone. I was afraid something was wrong, so I figured

a deep, menacing voice sounded from inside the room. “Why are you standing there? Did I

the duo hurriedly rushed

eyes fell upon the girl cradled in Nathaniel’s embrace, he couldn’t help

you taken her

response, Nathaniel glared

Nathaniel’s ability to care for a patient as he hadn’t even taken Christina’s temperature, despite

take her temperature

Christina lie down, Nathaniel took her temperature. Five minutes later, Daryl prescribed

set it down by the bedside. Nathaniel, known for his reserved and proud demeanor, fed

again touched Christina’s forehead; his expression immédiately

man’s towering figure seemed to fill the

anger.

cold gaze fell on Daryl. “Why hasn’t

by Nathaniel’s question. After all, it was common knowledge that it

cool-headed man losing his wits

medicine to take

be absorbed into the body,” Daryl added, wiping the

his collar

that, Sebastian and Daryl quickly left

a look and let out a

sleep after taking her medicine, she was besieged by a relentless wave of

and sweat.

a scorching desert and buried under layer upon layer

hot…” she

kept a vigilant watch at the young woman’s bedside; his eyes fixated on the gentle slope

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