But Grace was too tired, and her whole body ached. Besides, she was still running a fever, and she couldn't reply to messages at all.

It was already the next day when she woke up, but her high fever had not gone down. The illness hit her suddenly and quickly.

Fortunately, the apples were all sold. After washing up, she opened the door of her room and wanted to go out to grab something to eat.

When she arrived at the restaurant, she saw that Ethan was also there, and his table was full of food.

She was starving. After asking the staff nearby, she learned that she had slept through and missed both breakfast and lunchtime. Now, she could only mooch some food off Ethan shamelessly.

"Mr. Henderson," Grace only called out once, and Ethan seemed to understand her intention immediately.

He tapped the table lightly with his finger and said, "Have a seat."

Grace let out a sigh of relief and smiled at him. "Then, I'll dig in."

She was really hungry, and she had no idea how weak she looked at the moment. Her lips were pale, and she had lost several pounds.

When she finished the last sip of soup, a large hand suddenly landed on her forehead. She froze; it was Ethan's hand.

Even his fingers were cold, and he looked unapproachable. "You have a fever."

raised her hand to check her forehead temperature too. "I took an antipyretic, but it didn't work. I'll

was hoarse,

gaze fell on the side of her neck, where a large patch of bruise had spread from her

was hit by a rake on the first night she arrived in Northbrook. Her back had been stinging for the

in the mirror and saw that her entire

and rest after

Grace looked at Ethan's back and suddenly felt that he wasn't as cold

had time to go to the hot spring last night. After resting for half an hour post-meal, she took the bathrobe and went to the

one's skin would become smoother after going

it was shrouded in mist, making it impossible to see anything clearly. When she entered, she could even smell a

such a great place hadn't been developed yet. If they turned this place into a natural, publicly accessible hot spring hotel,

ten minutes and then rested against the edge of the spring. Her

take a look, only to find Ethan leaning beside her with his eyes closed.

remembered she wasn't wearing anything. She quickly sat

she came in. The staff told her that the water had been changed overnight and that

to the hot spring naked, but they didn't tell her that there would be other people here. And from the looks of it, it was clear

hot all over

was obscure beyond

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