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.

He took her temperature before turning to look at me and said, “Do you

nodded and

towel and sponge her. Bring me some thick blankets and

started

a fever. Will she

lifted his head to look at me with

I turned around and went into the kitchen to gather some ice cubes. I did as he asked by

I had everything prepared, he looked at me with a frown and said, “Leave it to me to tend to her. Go

say something, but it seemed that he didn’t want me to be in the room. He also noticed that I didn’t put on enough warm

bedroom, and Ashton had arranged for the part-time maid to light up the stove every morning. The heat from it could last the

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

“Her fever has subsided. Have her rest at home for the next two days. Fix her something

continued, “The medicine is in the room. She should only take it once a day. Don’t

him, and I could see the dark circles under his eyes. It was obvious that

snowing again. It’ll be noon soon. Why

to admit, but there was a time that I didn’t want to see

even hoped that Ashton would break ties with him. That way, no one

I couldn’t

off the water. He wiped his hands on a hand towel and looked at

I…

a while and nodded. After thinking about it, I said, “I’ll be cooking shortly. Please do me a

Then, he

breathed a sigh of relief. Instead of staying in the living