With that, he took out the thermometer, threw the sheets open, and stuck it under Stellaâs armpit without any warning.
Stella felt the chill and struggled instinctively.
Weston pressed her arm down.
âDonât move. Weâll need to do this again if the measurement is inaccurate.â
When Stella was still in a daze from her fever, he had to take her temperature so many times.
âWhy donât you just use a thermometer gun?â Stella asked.
The moment she asked that, a thought came to mind, and she kept quiet.
Weston glanced at her. âYou remember?â
Stella kept silent and scrunched her nose.
When Weston was sick previously, she tried to use the thermometer gun to take his temperature but ended up breaking it because she didnât know how to use it.
Joan probably hadnât found the time to buy a new one.
A momentâs silence later, Weston looked at the time. âAll right, itâs done.â
He parted the sheets again to retrieve the thermometer.
However, Stella immediately said, âIâll do it myself.â
She sat up, crinkling the sheets as she did so.
She took out the thermometer and glanced at it.
Weston stood there and asked, âHow high is it?â
Stella paused and didnât say a word.
She actually didnât know how to read the thermometer. She only knew that she needed to look at the silver line, but she didnât know which lin e it was. In fact, she thought she could see many lines reflecting in the thin glass tube and couldnât find the most obvious one.
â98 degrees, I suppose.â She felt like her body temperature had returned to normal and randomly blurted out some number.
Weston looked calmly at her, â98 point...?â
Again, Stella gave him a random number.
The corners of his mouth lifted. âYou can see the decimal?â
âIsnât it written on the scaleâ¦â Stella insisted.
Weston saw through her immediately. âYou donât know how to read off a thermometer?â
Stella kept silent.
He was right.
Her parents had never taught her how to use one when she was young. She also didnât know how to identify counterfeit notes. She was clueless about things that r equired her to use her sight as a gauge.
Weston chuckled and sat next to her, wrapping her in his embrace. âIâll teach you.â
She did feel much better than before, but she could still sense the heat spreading from her back because she still had a fever.
Men usually had higher body temperatures than women.
She couldnât concentrate as she felt Weston leaning into her ear and speaking in that lush, deep tone of his, like a cello.
âVery simple. Just look at this. There is a very obvious silver line here.â
Stella pursed her lips and looked at where he was pointing. After adjusting her angle several times, she finally saw what he was talking about. âItâs very simple indeedâ¦â
Weston kissed her cheeks. âSomething so simple, and you only figured it out now?â
Stella shook her head. âI just never had a chance to learn it...â
âJust like how you donât know how to play billiards?â
Stella remembered the day when Weston brought her to the club to play billiards. On second thought, Weston had indeed taught her many new things.
Aside from the hurt he caused, she had learned an unfathomable amount of things from him. Including one painful lesson too many.