"I raised little Nina myself-I know her health better than anyone. I understand you don't want to trouble me, but when a child is sick, nothing else matters. You can't let your worries get in the way."

Briony fell silent at those words.

James walked over to the window and gently touched Nina's forehead. "Feels like her fever's gone down a little."

"Yeah. Dr. Jarvis just stopped by again-he said her condition is stable for now."

James nodded. "That's good."

Ferdinand asked, "Is it pneumonia?"

"Bronchial pneumonia," James replied.

Ferdinand said, "Let me check her pulse. I'll prepare some medicine and apply it

to the right pressure points-it should help her recover faster."

"You're always so busy. Really, you don't have to go out of your way."

looked at Briony. "Bryn, do you really think I'd

him for a long moment. At last,

still poisoned

Briony kept to

between Briony and Ferdinand, feeling an odd sense that

said on the other end made his expression turn grave. "I'll be there right away," he

hold back any longer. He

she couldn't hide it

told him about the hawthorn

was stunned. "But—that's Ferdinand! How could he

Briony said softly, "but the test results proved it. He tampered

he want

as a tie to my past, something that keeps me from moving on. He's made it clear how

what he was hearing. "So just because you rejected him, he went after your child? How did he become like this? I actually thought he was

woke up, I was in Ferdinand's hotel suite. He said he rescued

in life ever lines up

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