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

of the situation, sir? Should I

an ambulance?”

it lessened Jason’s annoyance

don’t think so.”

working on this

normally would’ve hung up, he spared a second to offer some explanation because no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the

the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

medical data from her

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth to

to stay on the line,

too busy with Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up

See you

his boss in 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

rather incredible.

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

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

his

Jason wasn’t just here… he was

his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of his emotional

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

especially careful when knocking on the door. After all, his employer did not want Grace to

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

room.

he said, ushering the doctor

a quick survey of

for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table

the one over the

hard to mask his

at her,” Jason said. “What’s wrong with her? I kept calling her just

employer had lost his usual calmness.

was anxious and his posture was

Terrence briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence nodded.

checking Grace’s vitals, all while Jason stood by, looking on the verge

of the best

airlifted at any time, if the doctor deems

necessary.”

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