Chapter 343 - 343: She Took Care of Him (1/2)

Elle successfully unlocked the door without making an unnecessary sound. This skill was one of the advantages of being a well-trained assassin. Now, she just applied it, not to kill someone but to make sure that someone was just fine.

When she entered the house, the surroundings were very dark, fortunately she caught a glimpse of a faint light coming from Erick's room. His lampshade was on.

She took light steps towards his room. She was careful not to make a sound that would wake him up. When she reached his bedroom door, Elle stopped. For precautionary measures, before she went in, Elle covered half of her face using her handkerchief and tied her long hair in a bum.

She wrapped her hand around the doorknob. Hallelujah, it's not locked! She turned it from steel into a rag and slowly pushed the door open.

She silently emerged from the door, tracing her steps towards his bed. Then she saw Erick's sleeping figure.

Suddenly, she jolted to the sound of him calling her name in a croaky whisper. Her heart jumped out in both shock and nervousness. At first, she thought Erick was awake but when she looked at him, his eyes were closed.

”Elle… Elle… please don't leave me.”

”Please come back to me…”

Elle's heart sunk. Erick was talking in his sleep and he was calling her with his desperate voice filled with sorrow and longing.

After a while, she noticed something. Erick shivered violently, curling up on the bed under his blanket. On reflex, Elle moved closer and placed her hand over his forehead.

Cold sweats glistened all over his face but his skin was so hot that it felt like it could burn her hand. He was having a high fever.

Elle immediately ran through his supplies where he usually kept his medicine kit. She brought it with her back to his room. She checked his temperature using a thermometer. After a few seconds, she heard the beeping sound, indicating that it was done reading his temperature.

Beep! Beep!

'[email protected], 38.5 degree Celsius?!' Elle cursed inwardly.

She scanned the medicine kit but couldn't find any cold-flu medicine.

'Where did he put his meds?' Elle mumbled, feeling worried-sicked at the man lying on the bed.

She tried to check the drawer under his bedside table. The moment she opened the drawer, Elle's eyes widened seeing several medicine bottles of sleeping pills.

Elle frowned, ”Is Erick having difficulty sleeping?” she murmured as she checked those medicine bottles.

For an unknown reason, her heart suddenly ached for him. She wondered if she was the main cause of this. Then her tears began to fall down her face.

But she didn't mind it. She focused on finding medicine for his fever. Finally, she found what she was looking for. She ran out of his room again and when she came back she was already holding a glass of water.