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

situation, sir? Should

an ambulance?”

annoyance slightly.

don’t think so.”

this now, sir.”

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

other line,” Terrence said. “I’ll relay

the medical data from her

visit.”

and wrung out the washcloth to

you want me to stay on the line,

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

See you soon.”

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.

Not

shanty

his former

wasn’t just here… he was

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

best physicians in the city. Then he woke the doctor up and collected

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

being seen. But when the door was opened, Jason

room.

the doctor into the house.

survey

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

the one over the sink.

hard to mask his shock.

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

his employer had lost his

was anxious and his

at Terrence briefly as if for confirmation.

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

the best general practitioners in

time, if the doctor deems it

necessary.”

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