Grace didn't have the heart to shove Ethan off, not when he was sick. Thus, she let him hold onto her, silent and still.

It was the first time she saw Ethan stripped of his invincibility. He, who once seemed so distant and indomitable, now clung to her-fragile and feverish.

His skin was searing, radiating heat like a furnace.

Grace suddenly remembered Ed, sick just a few days ago, holed up in that dim little house.

He and Ethan couldn't have been more different. When Ed got sick, he withdrew from the world, tending to his pain in silence.

However, Ethan didn't seem to hide his vulnerabilities-not from her, at least.

She wasn't sure if she was imagining things, yet she stayed completely still, not daring to move.

After three hours on the road, the car finally stopped.

Grace gazed out at the barren ruins, feeling disbelief and anger rising within her.

"Are you sure this is the place, Mr. Bennett?"

"Yes."

Her voice trembled with frustration. "This place is a complete ruin! You can't even tell where the manor used to be, and it looks like there was a fire. What could we possibly find here? I thought there would be a pharmacy nearby, but after driving for three hours, we've ended up somewhere even more remote. Are you trying to let Mr. Henderson die in the car?"

They hadn't passed a single soul along the way.

the hell hadn't he told her

nerves, and feeling the heat pouring off him only made

they supposed to do-drive three hours

deeply and cranked

you? Get someone

nodded casually, pulled out his phone, and

Ms. Lambert. Stay with Mr. Henderson in the car. I'll

after

Handle himself? Out here?

Tim was already gone, phone

quickly rolled the window back up, trying

across the seat, grabbed a bottle of water, and

try to drink a

his eyes, glanced at

pressed the bottle lightly against his

cracked from fever. Just

and turned

little and into her palm, leaned in, abbed it onto his parched lips with

his lips, Grace had the fleeting illusion that he was kissing her

realized he had been staring

she pulled back

usual cool, detached self. His gaze was heavy and burning, cutting through the

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