My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Chapter 84

Chapter 84

That night, Jason was awakened by Grace’s muffled scream.

She tossed and turned and mumbled in her sleep.

He couldn’t make out what she was saying but her pained

whimpers and trembling made him think she was in fear or

pain.

“Sister,” he called to her. But she didn’t respond.

When he touched her head, he frowned. Her head was hot,

and her slight body was slicked with sweat.

Jason hurriedly wrung a towel soaked in cool water and wiped

Grace’s forehead.

But her eyes remained shut and she was still muttering something.

No matter how he called her, she wouldn’t wake up. A flash of panic crept over him. He didn’t know what to do-and he hated feeling inept. He hated it almost as much as realizing how worried he was about her. Which meant he was in way

over his head.

No. This was just a reaction given her medical history and

their circumstances.

Nothing more. Nothing less.

He took out his phone and immediately dialed Terrence. “Get

me a doctor. And send them to the apartment.”

“Now?” Terrence asked.

“Yes, now,” Jason ordered.

“Yes, sir.” There was a pause.

is it?” Jason

the situation, sir? Should I instead call

an ambulance?”

it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

on this now, sir.”

a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would

doctor on the other line,”

medical data from her

visit.”

out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck

me to stay on the line,

too busy with Grace to realize he

sir. See you

Miss Cummins. Mr. Reed was engaging in a way that suggested more than work or business obligation. And given this woman’s background and what had transpired surrounding Mr. Reed’s fiancee’s death, it was

rather incredible.

events, Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr. Reed act like

here he was. In a shanty of an apartment, with a

his former

Jason wasn’t just here… he was

keep to himself. It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional attachments-or

Reed Group name to enlist the services of one of the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor

when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to discover his true identity.

But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured him

room.

said, ushering the doctor into the house.

survey of the room.

was perhaps ten feet long with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for

over the

hard to

at her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason

sensed his employer had lost his usual

was anxious and his posture

Terrence briefly as

Raunfield immediately went to work, checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by,

the best general practitioners in the city. And we can

any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

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