Chapter 912
It was a remarkably soothing temperature.
A soft, involuntary sigh escaped her throat, her eyelids too heavy to even attempt opening.
“How did your fever get this high? Did you take anything for it?”
Just to be safe, Seth pulled a thermometer from the bag he had brought with him and checked her temperature.
A hundred and two point five.
Noreen’s voice was terribly weak from the fever. “No. I only had basic cold medicine at home.”
The fever had drained all the color from her face, leaving even her lips a ghostly shade of pale.
“Should I take you to the hospital?” he asked, keeping his tone gentle and inquiring. He asked because he knew how much Noreen despised hospitals.
It likely stemmed from her middle school years, when she constantly ran back and forth to the hospital to care for Rosalind Gilmore. That trauma had left her with a deep-seated aversion to medical wards.
She always felt like the hospital was an entity that could snatch her mother away at any moment.
Unsurprisingly, Noreen shook her head in refusal. “It’s just the flu. I’ll be fine after I sleep it off.”
“Do you seriously think you’re made of iron?” Seth sighed, completely helpless against her stubbornness.
But because he knew her habits perfectly, he had come prepared.
The bag he carried contained prescription-strength flu medication he had just picked up from the hospital, along with a box of painkillers.
“Lie back down. I’ll get you some water.” Seth reached out to support her.
Noreen tried to push him away, but her illness had left her so weak that the slight exertion only made her sway unsteadily on her feet.
She massaged her throbbing temples and asked, “Why are you here?”
“Sophia Cole told me you were sick,” Seth answered truthfully, deciding not to hide it.
That little traitor.
Noreen cursed her assistant in her head, then glanced at the front door. “And how do you know my passcode?”
“You told me last night,” Seth explained calmly.
“When I brought you home last night, you gave me the code yourself.”
Noreen was speechless.
And here she had assumed Sophia was the one spilling her secrets.
Seth returned with a glass of water and coaxed her into taking the prescribed medication.
With a mix of gentle urging and soft bribery, he managed to get her to drink another half glass of warm water.
As the warm liquid hit her stomach, it finally eased a fraction of her discomfort.
Noreen curled up on the sofa. She still felt miserable, but at least she had the strength to speak now “Didnt Sophia mention havethe flu
“She did.”
“Then you need to leave right now. It’s contagious.”
Seth was entirely unfazed. “I’d have to be in close, intimate contact with you to catch it, and you’re certainly not doing that.”
The man who had practically invited himself in completely ignored her blunt eviction notice.
He wrapped a thick blanket tightly around her, tucking in every corner before asking, “Have you eaten dinner?”
“I don’t have an appetite.” She half-closed her eyes, her mind already starting to cloud over again.
Acting like he owned the place, Seth headed straight for her kitchen.
Seconds later, the range hood hummed to life.
The rhythmic white noise of running water and a knife chopping against a cutting board had a strangely
pg effect, wrapping Noreen in
a fleeting sense of tranquility.
Her tense mind finally relaxed, and she drifted back into a hazy slumber.
She had no idea how much time had passed when the sofa cushion beside her dipped.
Noreen forced her heavy eyelids open.
“Sit up and drink some of this sweet soup.” He helped her up, grabbing a throw pillow to prop behind her back so she could sit comfortably.
He scooped up a spoonful, blew on it gently to cool it down, and brought it to her lips.
Noreen was still running a fever and felt incredibly parched, so she didn’t refuse. She opened her mouth and took a sip.
The sweet and tart flavor was unbelievably delicious.
But as far as she could remember, Seth had never made this kind of remedy for her before.
Curiosity getting the better of her, she murmured, “Did you just learn how to make this?”
“Yeah. I got the recipe from Dr.
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Wynne. She said the ingredients help
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