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 asked irritably.

the situation, sir?

an ambulance?”

was an intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly. “No,” he said. “No

don’t think so.”

on this

no doubt any doctor they called would want to know more details of the situation

on the other line,” Terrence

events and the medical data from

visit.”

out the washcloth to cool

me to stay on the line,

too busy with Grace to realize he

See you soon.”

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 fiancee’s

rather incredible.

said, ‘No. Not in a million years would Mr. Reed act like this.

a shanty of an apartment, with a woman

his

wasn’t just here… he was

It was not his place to question or inform

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

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

he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into the house.

survey of the room.

enough room for the sink, stove, refrigerator. A small dinette table for two was at the center. One armoire. A single

the one over

tried hard to

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

employer had lost his

was anxious and his posture

briefly as if for confirmation. Terrence

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

Raunfield is one of the best general practitioners in

time,

necessary.”

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