Chapter 416 Fever Protocol
Chapter 416 Fever Protocol
It <b>wasn’t </b>until she heard the door <b>close </b><b>upstairs </b><b>that </b><b>Tessa </b><b>finally </b>let out a <b>breath </b>and <b>patted </b>her chest.
Oh <b>my </b><b><i>god</i></b><i>… </i>
That had scared her half to death.
Living under the same <b>roof </b><b>as </b>someone like Victor<b>–</b>normal people’s <b>hearts </b>couldn’t handle that kind of <b>stress</b>.
Just <b>as </b>she turned to <b>sneak </b><b>back </b>upstairs <b>to </b>the room she was staying in, thendline downstairs started ringing.
With no other choice<b>, </b>she went back and picked up the phone.
“Hello?”
<b>“</b><b>Tessa</b>, <b>it’s </b><b>Ss</b>.<b>” </b>
<b><i>For </i></b><b><i>the </i></b><b><ist </i></b><b><i>time</i></b><b>, </b><i>I’m </i><b><i>not </i></b><i>his </i><i>girlfriend</i>.
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Did these people haveprehension issues? Which part of her being near Victor made them think they were together?
Why did they all keep calling her ma’am? <b><i>Seriously</i></b><i>! </i>
<b>Ss </b>continued, “<b>Please </b>help take care of my brother tonight. And whatever you do, don’t let him take a shower.”
Tessa blinked. “Uh… he already did.”
“What?!<b>” </b>
<b>Ss </b>shouted so loud it nearly blew out her eardrum.
“Tessa, then you’re really gonna have your hands full tonight. Victor’s definitely going to get a fever.”
Showering with injuries–that’d break down even the healthiest body.
Victor’s obsession with cleanliness was seriously out of control if he couldn’t even hold off for one day.
Tessa tried again: “How about <b><i>you </i></be over? I’m really not cut out for that kind of care.”
Ss reassured her quickly, “Don’t worry. Once he gets a fever, he bes very quiet. He won’t give you too much trouble.”
<i>Too </i><b><i>much </i></b><i>trouble</i><i>? </i>
“This <b>is </b>beyond trouble,”
“I’ll leave him in your hands, then.”
And before she could get another word in, Ss hung up.
That absolute menace.
Judging by what Ss had said, Victor <i>was </i>going to have <b>a </b>fever tonight.
But there <b>was </b>no way <b>Tessa </b>could take care of him like that. What even was she supposed to do?
She hadn’t even gotten the chance to <b>tell </b>Ste to send someone. She had no choice now but to redial the number from earlier.
Once, twice–no answer.
<b>Tessa </b>grumbled, “What? She’s not picking up now?”
Ste had said she needed Victor’s permission to send someone.
But what about someone from his <b>side</b>? That should be fine, right? Surely he wouldn’t refuse that.
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She tried Ss again. <b>Twice </b>more. Still no <b>answer</b>.
<b>What </b>the hell?
He called her and she answered immediately–but when she called him back, he ghosted her?
Unbelievable.
Looks like she <b>was </b>stuck with this tonight, no matter what.
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With no other choice, Tessa trudged upstairs again to ask <b>Victor </b>if he’d let Tessa–or someone else from his own people-
<be </b>over.
Having learned her lesson, she was extra cautious this time.
She only knocked after hearing a clear reply from inside did she push the door open–and even then, she stayed in the doorway.
“Mr. Victor, Ste offered to send a maid. Would that be alright?”
This man <b>was </b>such a pain. She’d never met anyone this impossible to deal with.
Victor raised a brow. “No.”
Did he have to reject her that tly?
Then… could someone from your sidee instead?”
If not Ste’s people, surely his own would be fine?
But his answer didn’t change.
Still just two very firm words: “No.”
Seriously<i>? </i>
Nothing was okay with this guy! What did he even want?
Was she really supposed to sponge his feverish body down herself?
No way. Absolutely not. She couldn’t do it.
“Then what are you going to do if you get a fever tonight?”
At that, Victor nced over at her.
The look in his eyes made her heart skip. She gulped instinctively. “The person who took out your bullet said you shouldn’t have showered tonight. And that you definitely would get a fever.”
Her voice was <b>so </b>anxious it practically squeaked.
Especially with those big, wide eyes blinking nervously as she stood in the doorway.
<b>Because </b>of the lighting, Victor could clearly <b>see </b>the flutter of her longshes even from that distance.
She was so small, her face barely the <b>size </b>of a palm, filled with unease and uncertainty.
Something flickered behind Victor’s eyes.
His lips curved faintly. “What <b>else </b>did he say?”
“And… and that if you do <b>get </b>a <b>fever</b><b>, </b>meds probably won’t work. You’d need physical cooling.”
Ss had <b>repeated </b>that warning several times.
If regr meds worked, he wouldn’t have kept emphasizing it.
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At the words physical cooling, Victor’s body visibly stiffened.
His mind shed back to the night <b>before </b><bst</b><b>… </b>
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