Chapter 777


    Natalie shifted her hand from Shane''s forehead. Her beautiful face shone with worry.


    He''s really burning up. It''s obvious that he had been sick for a while now. Did no one around him notice


    it?


    Natalie sighed and went to the kitchen to get some ice. She wrapped them up in a towel and ced


    them on Shane''s forehead to try to lower his temperature.


    She hoped that it would ease his suffering a little.


    There was nothing else she could do after that. All that was left to do was to wait for the doctor to show


    up.


    Soon, the doctor arrived. He gave Shane a shot and attached thetter to a bag of saline before


    prescribing a lot of medicine.


    Even looking from the side got Natalie to feel nervous. “Doctor, is he okay?” asked Natalie after seeing


    how the man on the bed was no longer frowning as much.


    The doctor put his things away and informed, “Yes, he''ll be fine. His fever should go down by the time


    the saline finished dripping into his system. Let him rest well for now. It seems that his physical state is


    weakened, and it is likely he has slept littletely. Coupled that with the chilly weather, it was only


    natural that he developed a fever.”


    He didn''t rest well?


    Natalie''s eyes shone with realization.


    So I am not the only one who hasn''t had a chance to rest well. He has been tired, too. But I guess that


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    “Got it. Thank you,” said Natalie as she forced a smile on her face. She walked the doctor out after that.


    Then, she returned to the bedroom.


    Her kids were taking off their shoes and were climbing onto the beds.


    Seeing that got Natalie to put a finger on her lips and whispered to her kids, “Be good. Don''t bother Mr.


    Shane. He is sick and needs to rest.”


    “Okay, we won''t make any noise. We just want to see how he''s doing,” replied Sharon as she sat


    obediently beside Shane. She was staring at Shane''s face when she answered her mother.


    Natalie grinned and replied, “Okay, thene back out soon. Don''t disturb him. I''ll go finish cleaning


    the dishes now.”


    “Okay,” replied the kids, who nodded simultaneously.


    Natalie went to the kitchen after that.


    It was nine at night when she was finally done with the dishes.


    It was the kids'' bedtime, but they hadn''t left the bedroom yet, so Natalie went in to get them to shower


    and sleep.


    To her surprise, the first thing she saw when she opened the door was her kids sleeping soundly lying


    beside Shane.


    Natalie''s heart melted when she saw that, but that was soon reced with sorrow.


    She couldn''t believe that her kids weren''t Shane''s.


    She sighed slightly, but she didn''t wake the kids up. Instead, she let them sleep there.


    Shane will definitely sleep until tomorrow morning, and the kids are sound asleep, so they won''t disturb


    him, anyway.


    Aftering to that conclusion, Natalie closed the door gently and left the room. She went to sleep in


    the kids'' room that night.


    When Shane woke up the next morning, he saw a cute, chubby face right in front of him.


    It was Sharon.


    Seeing that he was awake, Sharon jumped out of bed happily and ran out of the room. As she did so,


    she called out, “Mr. Shane is up, Mommy!”


    The words “Mr. Shane” extinguished the warmth in Shane''s eyes and what reced it was fear.


    First Connor, and now Sharon is calling me Mr. Shane, too.


    I-I really broke their hearts.


    Shane swallowed hard. At that moment, his emotions were down in the dumps.


    “You''re up?” said Natalie all of a sudden.


    Shane sat up and turned to her.


    Natalie had a cup of water in her hand, and the kids were with her.


    “Are you still having a headache?” asked Natalie as she handed him the cup of water.


    Shane shook his head after epting the water. His voice was coarse when he answered, “It only


    hurts a little.”


    “Drink up,” reminded Natalie.


    Shane hummed in acknowledgment and drank some water.


    It was warm and a little salty.


    Shane stared at Natalie curiously.


    She answered, “It''s only natural that your body will be dehydrated after the whole ordeal. I put some


    salt in there to replenish your nutrients.”


    Shane nodded and said, “Thank you.”


    “It''s nothing,” replied Natalie before retrieving the cup. “I''ve already called Mr. Campbell earlier this


    morning. He''ll be here to pick you upter. Go freshen up and have some breakfast. You''re supposed


    to take your medication after eating.”