Eugene was always busy working and spent most of his time in the office back in Jepton. He had never


    given himself time to rx as he was always in working mode and highly focused.


    After that, he rushed overnight to get to where Mnie was. He was then stuck in the high–humidity


    forest. He had been in the rain and even let Mnie have his coat. When he heard themotion in


    Mnie’s room the night before, he immediately went over to help Mnie. He did not have a good


    rest. It was only normal that he ended up getting


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    sick.


    Mnie checked his temperature exasperatedly. He was burning up at 39 degrees Celsius. Eugene sat


    on the couch opposite her. He was looking downward. It was probably because he was having a fever


    that he had lost some of his sharp edge. He looked quite


    obedient.


    Mnie said, “You’re having a fever. You should be going to the hospital.”


    Eugene’s dark eyes reflected Mnie in them. He no longer had an excuse to stay behind. He picked


    up his coat and said in a hoarse voice, “I understand that my fever might be contagious and Merry is


    not immune to it. I’ll leave right now.”


    He was about six feet tall. His shoulders were wide, and he had a narrow waist that made him look


    quite sexy. However, for some reason, Mnie felt like he had gotten skinnier.


    When Eugene got to the door, he covered his mouth and coughed a couple of times. He looked at


    Mnie and said apologetically, “I’m sorry, I couldn’t hold it in.”


    Mnie took a deep breath. She noticed his face got even redder than before. She said. coldly,


    “There’s an empty storeroom in the house. Stay inside and don’te out to the living room for no


    reason. You’re also not allowed to go anywhere near Merry.”


    Eugene stopped coughing and turned back to look at Mnie. She was already returning to her room


    with Meredith in her arms.


    He covered his mouth with his fist. There was a smile on his face.


    Even though Mnie had agreed to let Eugene stay, she did not want to have any contact


    with him. She stayed inside the room the entire afternoon.


    It was not until the sky had turned dark that she heard knocking on the door. Eugene


    asked her from outside the door, “There doesn’t seem to be any ingredients left at home. Do you want


    to buy some groceries from the supermarket or order takeaway?”


    Mnie had expected not to be home during the weekend, which was why her fridge was


    empty.


    She replied, “You can order takeaway.”


    Mnie wanted to wait until Eugene was done eating before leaving her room to make a simple meal


    for herself.


    Eugene left after grunting a reply. Mnie was lost in thought for a moment as she heard his footsteps


    get further away.


    Mnie did not expect Eugene to order her portion of food when he got takeaway for himself. To be


    exact, he had ordered enough for five people. Mnie was not happy to see so much food on the


    table. “I didn’t say I’d be eating with you.”


    “Just treat it as my gratitude for your willingness to take me in and consider this rental payment.”


    Eugene had slept the entire afternoon after taking some medicine. His voice had not recovered, and it


    sounded worse than before.


    He had a deep voice, but it sounded huskier than usual now. For some reason, it made him sound


    more maic and sexier than before.


    Mnie did not move. Eugene looked at her and said, “You should have something while Merry is still


    asleep.”


    Meredith always had her meals on time, but it was different when it came to ytime. Mnie had


    always ced Meredith’s needs above hers and did not always have proper meals.


    She had gastric problems, but she would only eat after Meredith was tired from ying.


    Eugene pulled out a chair. “Don’t torture yourself just because you’re mad at me.”


    Mnie nced at him and sat down.


    Eugene had ordered most of the dishes based on Mnie’s liking. Mnie ate without thinking about it


    too much. There was no need to be cautious as she could not be acting so wary toward Eugene all the


    time.


    She had not done anything wrong to him, after all.


    Eugene cleaned the table after they were done. Mnie helped out and went to take care of Meredith


    after that.


    Xander called her on the phone right at that moment. “Are you having fun? I saw the


    weather report over there. It says it’ll be raining today.”