âMs. Evelyn, you havenât had dinner right?â Kendra asked.
âNo, I reached in the afternoon. I didnât expect to wait outside the gate for almost three hours,â Evelyn answered.
âIâve cooked dinner for Mr. Abel. Why donât you come to the dining room too?â
âThatâs great! Iâll help myself then!â
âYouâre Ms. Emmelineâs friend, itâs my duty to serve you well.â
Evelyn followed Kendra to the dining room and sat down. Abel reached shortly.
Evelyn hurriedly stood up and said, âMr. Abel, letâs eat together.â
Abel frowned and turned around to go upstairs again, leaving Kendra and Evelyn to look at each other.
Luca hurried over and whispered to Kendra, âMr. Abel is not used to having other women around, donât you know this rule?â
Kendra shook her head, âI donât know, but Iâm always by his side. Am I not a woman?â
âHow are you the same? Youâre not an outsider.â Luca said.
Kendra was touched by his words although she knew they did not treat her as an outsider from the moment they saved her child and herself.
âHurry up and bring the meal upstairs. Mr. Abel will not come downstairs anymoreâ Luca said.
âItâs okay, Iâll do that. Itâs my fault anyway.â Evelyn volunteered.
âYou? Do you want to see Mr. Abel throwing away the cutlery?â mocked Luca.
His words made Evelyn feel defeated.
Abel Ryker, is it so hard to win your heart? Should I retreat?
Kendra brought the food upstairs, and Abel barely ate.
He still had mild gastric and he did not dare to eat a large portion.
However, he still woke up in pain at midnight.
The gastric caused twisting pain inside and he was in cold sweat.
Kendra was in deep sleep after she coaxed Quincy to sleep. Abel didnât want to wake her up.
Abel got up to search for his medication in the studies.
âAchoo!â
He heard a sneeze after opening the drawer. He turned around and saw Evelyn.
She was wearing a night dress that belonged to Emmeline. It was bought by Abel.
Abelâs mood dropped all of a sudden.
âWhat are you doing in my study in the middle of the night instead of staying in the guest room?â
âMr. Abel, Iâm having a fever. I heard some sound here and I just wanted to ask if there was any antipyretic,â Evelyn answered while touching her forehead.
âAntipyretic? Let me see.â Abel searched and there was none.
âToo bad,â Abel frowned.
âThereâs none?â asked Evelyn.
âGo and get dressed. Iâll take you to the hospital.â
Evelyn smiled and was secretly surprised, she felt that she still had hope.
Abel is going to personally take her to the hospital! Iâll be having close contact with him!
âHope that itâs not a problem for you, Mr. Abel!â
Abel returned to his bedroom, took a few gastric pills, and changed.
He did not wake Luca up because he knew Luca was tired.
He drove Evelyn to the nearest hospital, where the doctor on duty gave Evelyn an IV drip.
She was diagnosed with a cold.
Looking at the tired but handsome man standing in front of the hospital bed, Evelyn fell hard for him.
She hated her younger self. Why didnât she think of going after Abel?
They had an affair, but Emmeline stole it from her. They even had 4 children together. They would be very troublesome for her if Emmeline was no longer here one day.
Evelyn was thinking about nonsense when she heard Abelâs voice, âIâve told the doctors and nurses what to do with you. Youâre in good hands. You are just having a common cold. Nothing serious about it. Iâll be going back now.â
âMr. Abel, youâre leaving me here alone?â