?<strong>Chapter 1114:</strong>


    Jake’s face showed slight impatience.


    “Why should I check on her? I’m not a doctor.”


    Kallie gave him a reproachful look.


    “You should at least see how she’s doing.”


    Reluctantly, Jake let go of Kallie, kissing her forehead as he departed.


    “Rest more if you’re feeling unwell. There’s no hurry,” he advised.


    Elma agreed.


    “That’s right. Mom, let’s not rush.”


    Amused, Kallie pinched Elma’s cheek gently.


    “Let’s take a nap while we have the chance.”


    Elma agreed with a nod. Although not carsick, the lengthy trip had tired her.


    Elma and Kallie leaned against each other and fell asleep in the car. Meanwhile, Jake located Lacey. Initially, he suspected Lacey of feigning her sickness. However, seeing her condition left him quite taken aback. Lacey appeared in worse shape than Kallie.


    Lacey, drenched in sweat with a pale face and shut eyes, seemed almost lifeless except for her faint breathing.


    Jake, puzzled, turned to the bodyguard.


    “What’s happening here? Isn’t this just carsickness? Why so extreme?”


    The bodyguard, coerced by Lacey into exaggerating her condition, began his act.


    “She initially had just carsickness, but now it’spounded by hypoglycemia. Theck of rest from her ongoing care for Elma and her existing injuries have worsened her condition.”


    Jake’s gaze turned icy as he stared at the bodyguard.


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    “Do you really need to tell me all this?”


    The bodyguard flinched, avoiding Jake’s gaze, and stammered, “Mr. Reeves, I didn’t mean anything by it. I merely wanted to exin the situation.”


    With that, the bodyguard fell silent. Previously, he had conspired with Lacey to dramatize her suffering upon Jake’s arrival. To his surprise, Jake caught on to their collusion sooner than expected, and he found himself too nervous to say anything more.


    Lacey, feigning unconsciousness on the ground, clenched her teeth in frustration. Her difort was real but was exacerbated by the medication she had taken, all for garnering Jake’s empathy. Even if she failed to win his sympathy, she was determined to achieve her goal by pulling off such a stunt. The grand scheme she and yton had crafted couldn’t fall apart.


    Knowing continuing her act might expose her, Lacey coughed dramatically and weakly opened her eyes. At the sight of Jake, her eyes lit up with affection, only to be soon reced by pain and sorrow as her acting skills kicked in.


    In a soft voice, Lacey apologized, “I’m sorry, Mr. Reeves. I didn’t anticipate this severe difort from myself. I apologize for the inconvenience.”


    Jake pressed his lips together, feeling responding to her words with harshness was unnecessary. After all, Elma still required medical treatment from Lacey’s mentor, and Lacey appeared genuinely drained from treating Elma’s condition over the past few months.


    Jake softened his tone slightly.


    “It’s understandable. Kallie is also unwell from the carsickness. Take a longer break if needed.”


    Lacey, her lip quivering slightly, suggested, “Perhaps I should tell you the way ahead, and you can go on without me. I doubt I can manage the journey ahead. Despite my own medical knowledge, I can’t treat myself, not in this shape. I n to see a doctor nearbyter on.”


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