Chapter 20 A Temperature Of 39°


    Terence calmed down. He looked at the rm clock on the table to see if enough time had passed


    since he ced the thermometer under Ca''s armpit. Seeing that it was time he carefully removed the


    thermometer.


    "It''s 39℃. You have to take some medicine immediately."


    Terence went into the living room and came back with a ss of water and antipyretics for Ca''s


    fever.


    Ca held his hand as he helped her take the medicine. She was delirious with fever and asked him,


    "Please tell me who you are. Why were those people trying to kill you? And how about your family?"


    Ca rambled as she dropped in and out of consciousness. Terence''s dark eyes narrowed at her


    questions. He put the pills in her mouth.


    "It''s okay. Take your medicine first."


    The pills were very bitter and Ca gulped the water down to wash the taste out.


    When the pills were finally swallowed, Ca got relieved. She heaved a deep sigh.


    "Terence, I know, in your eyes, I am just a passer-by.


    She propped herself up leaning against the bed head and said quietly, "You haven''t told us any


    information about yourself because you don''t expect to stay with us for very long. So you don''t want us


    to know much about you. Is that right?"


    Ca looked up at Terence who remained silent with misty eyes.


    "Fine. Just take it that I am talking nonsense because of the fever. I will never ask you this again. After


    my brother''s birthday, you can leave whenever you want. I won''t try and persuade you to stay."


    Cay down and tucked herself into the quilt.


    "I''m okay now. I have taken the medicine and you don''t need to stay. Just go back to sleep now and I''ll


    be fine," she mumbled.


    Even though Ca, was delirious from the temperature, she knew clearly


    that Terence did have many secrets.


    He seemed so indifferent to a lot of things, making it difficult for her to read him and distinguish from


    when he was joking and when he was serious.


    This made Ca feel like she was in a dream


    and when she woke up, he would no longer be there, leaving her life to be the same as it was before


    she met him.


    "I will stay for a little while longer. Just close your eyes and get some sleep," said Terence.


    He sat on her bedside and acted as if Ca had said nothing.


    Ca slept deeply, but as the medicine began to wear off, she started to sweat again. She moved


    about the bed uncontrobly uncovering herself.


    In obscurity, Terence wrapped the quilt around her and hugged her, whispering, "It''s okay. Don''t move


    or you''ll catch a cold again."


    Terence stared at the woman in his arms. His deep dark eyes were no longer as gentle as they were


    before.


    He struggled with different feelings of affection, but soon calmed himself


    and returned to his former self.


    After the fever broke and she stopped sweating. Ca rxed and slept much more soundly. She


    snuggled into the human pillow thaty beside her and wrapped herself around it.


    The following day, when the sunshine filled the room Ca woke up, she yawned and opened her


    sleepy eyes.


    Ca blinked in shock to find that


    the skirt-style pajamas she was wearing was up around her waist exposing her pink underwear and her


    leg was pressed between the legs of a man.


    One of her arms was wrapped around the man''s waistline under his top, touching his skin


    and to her horror


    his hand was ced on her breast.


    Ca gaped at him in shock.


    ''How dare you!''


    Ca raised her hand and pped Terence on the face.


    Terencey fast asleep until he felt a sharp pain on his cheek. He woke with a frown at Ca.


    "Do you always p people when you wake up in the morning?"


    "Take your hand off my breast!" she said ring angrily at him.


    Terence raised his head slightly


    and looked at his guilty hand. He didn''t remember when the crime wasmitted. Terence was about


    to remove his hand, but lingered there a little longer, because it felt nice.


    He dared to move his thumb ever so lightly across the delicate skin.


    "Te-ren-ce!"


    Ca warned, her eyes ring at his hand which didn''t want to let go.


    "Knife!


    Where''s the knife?


    Someone get me a knife!" she roared, looking around. "Fine!"


    Terence chuckled. He quickly withdrew his hand and grasped Ca, who was ready to get the knife


    and chop his hand off. He lifted his top and tucked Ca''s hand under it.


    "Here, you can touch back, for as long as you want!"


    Ca pushed him out of the bed and out of her room. "Get out of here!"


    "Come on. I swear that it wasn''t deliberate."


    "Bang!"


    Terence tried to apologize but the door was mmed shut


    and he had been kicked out.


    Terenceughed out loud when he looked at his hand that had been on Ca''s breast. There had been


    quite a lot of women who had tried to seduce him. But Terence had always preserved his moral


    integrity.


    Ca may not have ever been with a man, but Terence had never been with a woman either.


    Being with someone intimately for the first time might not mean much to other people, but to Terence it


    meant a lot.


    However, what he felt when hey next to Ca, with her body next to him and his hand on her soft


    breast felt really good.


    He wanted more...


    Since Ca had been ill the previous night, she asked for a day off to fully recover.


    Sean was at school and would not being back for lunch. So there was only Ca and Terence at


    home.


    Ca kept herself busy and found things to do.


    She changed the sheets on her bed and did a load of washing and cleaned around the house.


    Sean''s birthday wasing up soon and she had nned to decorate the house a little.


    Ca opened the window to air the house and noticed


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    two familiar figures walking towards the building outside.


    One of them was Tracy. She was aunt Li''s neen-year-old daughter who lived in the next building


    and the other was tall handsome Terence. She was speaking with him about something.


    "Thank you so much." Tracy took the bag of fruit from Terence and bowed shyly to express her


    gratitude.


    "You''re wee. It was nothing." Terence smiled as he pressed the elevator button.


    "Oh. Terence. My mum steamed meatballs for lunch. It''s very delicious. Would you like some?" Tracy


    looked up at him with sparkling eyes.


    Terence thought for a moment and tried to politely refuse, "No, that''s okay. I don''t want to trouble you."


    "It won''t be a problem at all. I''ll pack some for you and Ca to haveter. I''ll only be a moment."


    Tracy smiled, carrying the fruit and went to the next building where her apartment was.


    Terence walked upstairs


    and held the grocery bag in one hand, while knocking on the door with the other. He didn''t take the key


    with him because he knew that Ca was at home.


    But, no one opened the door after a few knocks.


    Terence frowned. ''What happened?''


    "Ca?" He knocked again. "Ca! Are you home?"