Chapter 96 Fever Dream
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“It’ste. You should go lie down. Just wait–when you go online tomorrow <b>morning</b>, you’ll get to see <b>Mathilda </b>and the others make fools of themselves!”
Nancy’s palm <b>was </b>so warm.
But even with her holding her hand, Lily still found it all hard to believe.
Whenever something bad happened in the past, she’d always had to fight through it on her oWIL
This time, she’d barely done anything–and someone had stepped in for her. It felt like a dream.
She pinched herself quietly.
It hurt.
So clearly, it wasn’t a dream.
She really had a family now. Somewhere to belong. Somewhere to rest.
Even if her time with the Luke family was destined to be <b>short</b>–lived, she was endlessly grateful for <b>having </b>met them at all.
From now on, she would do everything in her power to repay their kindness.
Lily was exhausted <b>and </b>drowsy. She didn’t force herself to stay up. Wrapped in a small nket, she returned to the room she shared with James.
She believed things would start to get better. She didn’t check the hate online again. She simply sent James
“Good night” message and soon drifted into a deep sleep….
By the time James returned home, it was the middle of the night.
After a quick shower, he nned to head straight to the study to sleep.
But as he passed by the bed, he caught sight of the nket half–fallen onto the floor.
Just as he <b>was </b>about to look away, he noticed Lily curled up in the corner of the bed, hugging herself tightly. She was trembling, her face flushed an rming red.
“Lily”
She was clearly running <b>a </b>fever.
<b>James </b>didn’t like meddling in other people’s business<b>–</b><b>but </b>if a high fever <b>went </b>unchecked too long, it could do real damage.
And if something happened to her, Grandpa would be the one to get worked up and end up in the hospital again.
After a moment’s hesitation, he decided to wake her up so she could take fever medicine herself
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But no matter how many times he called her name, she stayed curled up like a small, abandoned animal. She didn’t even show signs of waking.
He didn’t <b>want </b><b>any </b><b>physical </b>contact with her.
But it was an emergency, Reluctantly, he reached out and gave her shoulder a light shake, hoping it would snap her out of it.
“So cold…
Lily was shivering <b>uncontrobly</b>. <b>Even </b>in her dreams, she was trapped in a frozen, snow–covered world.
James’s hand, warm against her shoulder, became the only heat she could feel. Without thinking, she reached out to cling to it.
“Lily, wake up. You need to take <b>some </b>medicine.”
Just as James reached out to shake her <b>again</b><b>, </b>her entire body suddenly pressed into his. She wrapped herself tightly around him..
Caught off <b>guard</b>, he stumbled and fell backward onto the bed.
She was on top. He was underneath.
James’s entire body went rigid like a block of stone.
His face darkened instantly, like ink spreading through water.
He never thought there woulde a day when a woman <b>would </b>have the nerve to pin him down.
Her forehead was burning, but her hands and feet were ice–cold.
She waspletely out of it–no idea what she was doing.
Guided purely by instinct, she clung to the human furnace beneath her, desperate for warmth.
James was momentarily stunned–then realized she was starting to fug open his robe.
She wasn’t content <b>with </b>just touching <b>his </b>chest–<b>her </b>hand kept going, sliding down the lines of his abs and
“Lily!”
James grabbed her, trying to push her off.
But she was clinging like an octopus. No matter how he tried, <b>he </b>couldn’t shake her loose.
She seemed irritated <i>by </i>the <b>sound </b>of his voice. Without warning, she lifted her hand and pped it over his mouth.
Honestly, James never imagined that one day he would be forcibly silenced like this.
His expression grew even colder. His voice was sharp andmanding. “Take your hand off me! Get off right now!”
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Lily was deep in her fever haze <b>and </b>didn’t even recognize his voice.
She <b>was </b>still lost in that icy dream.
In the dream, endless snow stretched to the horizon.
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No matter how far she ran, there was no sunlight, no warmth–only frost and chill that cut through to the
bone
Just when she thought she’d be trapped in that frozen world forever, she stumbled across a steaming stove. radiating warmth.
Having finally found something that could <b>save </b>her, she <b>had </b>no intention of letting go.
But the stove had a mouth and kept nagging her to leave. It wouldn’t stop talking<b>, </b>and it was driving her
crazy
She didn’t have thread to sew it shut–so she used her hand.
But that didn’t work either.
The stove was still too noisy.
Craving peace, she leaned down and sealed his mouth with her own.
“Lily, <b>stay </b>away from me! I told you–don’t ever-”
James
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finish the sentence.
Something soft pressed <b>against </b>his lips.
His mind exploded with static.
He frozepletely for nearly thirty seconds before the realization hit him.
The thing on his lips–Was Lily’s mouth.
For a split second, James thought of the cotton candy he used to eat <b>as </b>a kid–sweet, airy, and light.
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