Chapter 16
In the cat, Wesley rolled down the window to contin it was clemma standing motionless in the rain…
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He frowned and sat in the car, unmoving.
Demma coughed as the rain grew heavier. She was already tuuming a fever, and her boily was losing strength. Hervision blurted, and when she could no longer hold on, she collapsed.
The freezing cold she expected never came. Instead, she fell into a wamembrace with a pair of strong hands holding her waist firmly.
When Gemma opard her eyes, she saw Wesley’s tense jaw and cold expression.
She looked at him and forced a weak smile. Her voice was hately audible as she murmured, “Mr. Lowell.”
But the moment he loosened his grip, Gemuna swayed and nearly collapsed once more. Wesley quickly caught her. “I’ll take you to the hospital.”
She grabbed his hand and stubbornly shook herhead. “No. I’m not going.”
He frowned. “I’ll take you back to the Field residence then.”
Hearing that, she reacted even more strongly. “No, I’m not going back!TM
Wesley was beginning to lose his patience. His voice grew louder. “You don’t want to go to the hospital, and you don’t want to go home either. Where exactly do you want to go?”
Derma’s tears tell instantly at his sharp tone. She suddenly found the strength to push him away. “You’re on their side too!”
The usual warmth and gentleness in her tone disappeared and was replaced by iciness. Wesley was momentarily stunned.
Gemma ignored him and walked away
As the rain pounded harder, Wesley siglind and strode forward. Then, he grabbed her ams without another word and pulled her toward his car.
“I told you I don’t need your help! Let me go!” Gemma struggled with all her might.
“I’ll take you to abstel” His deep voice came from behind her, and Gemma stopped struggling.
In the cat, Gemma cat curled up in the passenger seat and hugged her knees. She was sick, to begin with, and she felt worse after getting drenched. Her coughs.came
clung to her skin after getting soaked in the rain, outlining her delicate frame. The thin fabric barely concealed
Wesley’s gare dell on her. She wore a blue dress that clu
Her skin was pale. Satting there without a word, she looked like a fragile porcelain doll that could shatter at any moment. Wesley ickly looked away He reached into the back seat, grabbed a blanket, and handed it to her. “Take this.”
move, and Wesley wasn’t in the mood to argue either. He simply draped the blanket over het
The cat drove though the city and finally stopped in front of Northington Hotel.
Wesley stopped the car and kept húsgate alead. “We’re here.Get out.”
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Alter a long toontumia with inniesponse, he furned to lookonly to find that she’d closed bes eyes as it she had fallen asleep.
alk to the passenger side. Then, he casted her in his actus.
After entering the hostel, the receptionid greeted him at the front desk “111, Mr. Level “
The impialed with a med
sand that seoman in lils at with her face hidden it was the first time Wesley had ever brought someone here.
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