When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I smiled faintly and kept the note.

Feeling a little worried at the sight of Summer’s flushed face, I took out my phone and called Jared.

“Hello, Scarlett,” the man sounded cold and distant.

But I did not mind. I was silent for a second before saying, “Dr. Crest, can you come over to the villa? Summer is having a fever. I don’t want to bring her to the hospital because I’m afraid of cross-infection.”

It was an excuse. But there must be a starting point for everything, otherwise, things wouldn’t be done.

There was a moment of silence from the other end of the phone. Then, he replied, “Alright.”

With that said, he ended the call.

About twenty minutes later, he arrived at the doorstep. I was a little surprised when I opened the door.

“Were you somewhere nearby when I called?” It would take him at least forty minutes to get here from where he lived. For him to be here so soon, it had to mean that he was nearby.

He pursed his lips and ignored my question. He asked, “How’s Summer?”

“She’s still running a high fever.” I stepped out of the way and let him in.

Without removing his shoes, he came in with a doctor’s bag in his hand. I watched him come in and thought that Jared was quite caring towards Summer.

Well, blood is thicker than water.

to look at me and

and

cubes with a towel and sponge her. Bring me some thick blankets and turn

that, he started to rummage through

she’s running a fever.

movements, lifted his head to look at me with narrow eyes. “Who’s the doctor

to gather some ice cubes. I did as he asked

with a frown and said, “Leave it to me to tend to her. Go and

me to be in the room. He also noticed that I didn’t

There was a stove in the bedroom, and Ashton had arranged for the part-time maid to light up the stove every morning.

half an hour later, Jared came out of the room. He placed his bag on the table in the living room and went to the kitchen to wash his

“Her fever has subsided. Have her rest at home for the next two days. Fix her something light to eat. No sour, spicy,

room. She should only take it once a day. Don’t give her any more than that. It’s not good for children to take too

could see the dark circles under his eyes. It was obvious that he had not been sleeping

it some thought, I said, “It’s snowing again. It’ll be noon soon. Why don’t you

but there was a time that I didn’t want to see him.

him. That way, no one else would take Summer away

couldn’t

turning off the water. He wiped his hands on a hand towel and looked at me sideways. “Are

I…

I said, “I’ll be cooking shortly. Please

he nodded in

Instead of staying in the living