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."

temperature too. "I took an antipyretic, but it didn't work. I'll

voice was hoarse, and

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

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

she took a look in the mirror and saw that her entire back was bruised. It was

and rest after

suddenly felt that he wasn't as cold

night. After resting for half an hour post-meal,

one's skin would become smoother

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

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

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

sound of water and turned her head to take a look, only to find Ethan leaning beside her with

from the spring, then she remembered she wasn't wearing anything. She quickly

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

other people here. And from the looks of it, it was clear

feeling hot all over her body. She lowered

was obscure beyond 1.5 feet, so it was

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