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.

of the situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

was an intelligent question and it lessened Jason’s annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

working on this

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

on the other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll

data from her earlier hospital

visit.”

wrung out the washcloth to

me to stay on the line,

Grace to realize he hadn’t hung up

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

rather incredible.

Terrence would’ve said, ‘No. Not

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

killed his former lover.

Jason wasn’t just here…

It was not his place to question or inform Mr. Reed of

the best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected him from his house.

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

he should retreat without being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason immediately stepped aside and gestured him into the small

room.

he said, ushering the doctor into

a quick survey of the room.

was a fraction of the size of Mr. Reed’s office. The 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

tried hard to

calling her just now but I

sensed his employer had lost his

anxious and his

at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

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

best general practitioners in the city. And we can have

at any time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

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