NovelOnlineChapter 380 It rained so heavily last night that when dawn broke, the whole world seemed to have
changed.
Stella did not get a good night‘s sleep at all, but she still woke up very early that morning. She tried to
stretch her body but found herself tightly enveloped by a scorching warmth.
As her mind was still muddled by slumber, she was stunned and confused by this, but she soon
realized that the source of that warmth was the man beside her.
Weston‘s body had always been naturally warmer than hers. Everytime he held her in his arms, she felt
as if she was leaning against the fireplace. But the heat was a little higher than usual today.
Stella opened her eyes and leaned over to place her hand on Weston‘s forehead. The heat almost
scalded her skin. She frowned. Was he running a fever? Weston was awakened by Stella‘s touch.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“What time is it?” he asked, his voice hoarse and his brows knitted. “Eight in the morning,” she replied,
noticing that his voice was huskier than usual, besides also being croaky. “How are you feeling? Are
you sick?” Weston did not answer her, but there was a thin wry smile on his face. He opened his eyes
and stared at her. Though he looked flushed and sickly, it took nothing away from his handsomeness at
all.
“Are you kidding me?” he asked. “Me? Sick?”
Weston was practically never sick. The last time he remembered being ill was so long ago that he
could not remember how old he was back then. His stamina had always been above average. That,
coupled with his acute intelligence, was what made him so invincible and powerful in the world of
business. Whether in terms of brains or brawn, Weston always came out on top.
Stella fell silent for a while until she finally said, “But you‘re just a normal human being made of flesh
and bones. What‘s so strange about you getting sick?”
She did not understand why Weston had to act so tough. Everyone would get sick sometimes. Wasn‘t
that just a fact of life? She could have sworn that he even sounded embarrassed for getting sick
Weston closed his eyes and said nothing. He put his hand on his forehead and sensed that his
temperature was indeed higher than normal. He probably caught a cold because he had been in the
rain last night, and when he got home, he went straight to bed without drying his hair.
Nevertheless, he was still reluctant to admit it. “I‘m fine,” he insisted before sitting up in bed and
reaching his hand out to pull Stella into his arms and give her a morning kiss.
This had been a habit of his every morning. In the past, Stella was the one who asked him to
give her a morning kiss before going to work, but Weston rarely spent the whole night with her back
then. He would just leave her right after sex ánd sleep elsewhere, so he rarely ever woke up next to
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmher, much less gave her a morning kiss. Yet now, he would always sleep with her in his arms any
chance he could get, and the first thing he would do every morning after waking up was to give her a
kiss, sometimes even a deep passionate kiss. But he was a little hesitant today. He drew back his arms
before he even touched Stella, then just sat there leaning against the headboard.
“I‘m not going to work today,” he announced. Can you get the notebook from my study and bring it
here, please? I‘ll be working from home.”
“... And you still expect me to believe that you‘re not sick?” she teased him.
Weston was not sure if it had anything to do with how she tried to suffocate him last night, but he
noticed that she seemed much gentler and more complying this morning than she usually was. She
was even afraid to look straight into his eyes when she spoke.
Though he noticed all this, he still refused to remember what happened last night. He did not mind
pretending that Stella never tried to kill him.
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