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.

it?” Jason asked irritably.

the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation too. “She

have a doctor on the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll relay

the medical data from her

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth to cool down her face and neck again.

you want me to stay on the line,

was too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t

sir. See you

the time since Mr. Reed saved 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,

rather incredible.

would’ve said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr.

shanty of

killed his

wasn’t just here…

would keep to himself. It was not his place to

of one of the best physicians in the

on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to

the side in case he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and

room.

the

a quick survey of

kitchenette was perhaps ten feet long with enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for two was at the center. One armoire. A single bed. A pile of pillows and blankets on

the one over the

hard to

kept calling her just now but I couldn’t wake her up.” Jason stood beside

sensed his employer had lost

expression was anxious and

glanced at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

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

is one of the best general practitioners in the city. And we can have

Cummins airlifted at any time, if

necessary.”

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