"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."

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

At last, she said quietly, "I've always believed that you truly care

you still

thought, Briony kept

and Ferdinand, feeling an

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

back any longer.

her temples, realizing she couldn't hide it

about the hawthorn

stunned. "But—that's Ferdinand! How could he do something like that

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

would he want to hurt

kids as a tie to my past, something that keeps me from moving on. He's made it clear how he feels about me, and I turned him

rejected him, he went after your child? How did he become like

Havenport. When I woke up, I was in Ferdinand's

speechless. Nothing in life ever lines up

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