Chapter 71: I’ll do as I say
Allyce scrambled for an ice pack to put on her forehead and was about to pull her hand away to make a phone call when Severo pulled her hand away.
His voice was hoarse and weak: “Don’t take me to the hospital or you will terminate your contract with the Delahoz Group …”.
Allyce snorted and glared at him fiercely, “Nonsense!”.
If it wasn’t for the fact that he happened to be ill at home, she would not have bothered with him and threatened her not to take him to the hospital.
“I’ll do what I say …” Severo’s voice was inaudibly low as it sunk into his eyes.
Severo’s voice was low and inaudible. He was sick and threatening her.
Allyce was threatened by him.
He ran out to call Xabat: “Can you take your boss back?
“Sorry, Miss Delahoz, I can’t leave … at this time”.
Xabat’s voice sounded a little embarrassed and apologetic.
Of course, her sister was more important than her boss, what else could Allyce say?
“I wish your sister a speedy recovery,” said Allyce and hung up the phone.
On the other end of the line, Xabat hung up the phone and drew a cross on his chest in front of his face.
This is the fault of the boss, who had ordered him last night to ignore what Miss Delahoz told him if he received a call from her in the next few days.
…
Allyce hung up the phone and went back to bed to look at Severo.
He patted him on the face: “Severo”.
Severo grabbed his hand with one hand, “Mmm.”
“Are you going to be all right at home? I’ll call the doctor for you and go out and get you another set of clothes.” Severo looked very fragile and his brow furrowed slightly.
It was always heartbreaking, for no reason at all, when a man who was usually so agile and strong suddenly fell ill.
I don’t know if he heard what she said, but he only replied quietly, “Yes”.
Allyce felt her forehead again, uneasily. It didn’t feel as warm to the touch because of the ice pack, but she knew she still had to call a doctor.
She tucked him in and turned to leave when she heard Severo’s gasping but clear words: “Don’t forget to buy the ones you’re going to take inside …”.
“…” Allyce took a step, turned around, grabbed her bag and walked out.
Hearing the door close, Severo, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes only slightly, dizzy as hell, but his years of experience in the shopping centre had made him lucid even when he was sick and feverishly wounded.
He made sure Allyce was outside the door before he got up and got out of bed, leaned against the wall and went into the bathroom, he was sick and needed a shower.
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Allyce moved quickly because she was worried about Severo, who was home alone.
He went into the shopping centre and immediately bought two sets of pyjamas and two sets of normal clothes.
As he walked out the door with the clothes, he remembered what Severo had said on his way out.
Stiffly, he returned.
“Miss, what can I offer you?”
“Interior … interior … trousers”.
Allyce stumbled over his words with a disgusted look on her face.
Luckily, the saleswoman was very nice, smiled and said, “For your husband, right? What size does he wear?”
How big?
What size does Severo wear?
Allyce’s face flushed, how did she know what size she was?
The saleswoman laughed a little when she saw Allyce’s face: “How tall are you? What size waist do you usually wear?
“About five foot seven, I think.” She wasn’t sure, but she felt short every time she stood in front of him, so she thought about it and said stiffly, “Let’s go for the bigger size.”
The saleswoman smiled meaningfully and brought Allyce two pairs of men’s underwear in the larger size.
Allyce paid for them and fled the mall as if a ghost was chasing her.
Back in the car, he banged his forehead against the steering wheel twice.
I have never done anything so humiliating!
It was all because of that bastard Severo!
But the bastard was still sick at home, and she had gone to the clinic and hired a doctor to come and see Severo.
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When she and the doctor returned home, Allyce thought Severo was still naked and asked the doctor to sit outside for a while while she went inside with her clothes in her hand.
As she had left, Severo was still lying on the bed.
He nudged Severo and Severo raised his eyelids slightly.
Allyce threw the clothes at him: “Put them on, the doctor is here.
“Hmm.” Severo replied, but did not move.
Allyce stared at him, suddenly noticing that his hair was wet, and frowned, “Did you take a shower?
Severo made no sound, which was a tacit acknowledgement.
“Aren’t you sick enough?” She had gone out to find him a doctor, but he had gone to the shower with a fever.
Because he was ill, his dark eyes were watery and seemed strangely kind: “I’m fine”.
Allyce shouted directly at him, “Shut up!”
Severo sniffed, and really shut up.
Allyce roughly changed his shirt and tossed him his trousers, “You can put them on if you want. ”
Then he went outside to let the doctor in.
The doctor stopped the water and gave her fluids, left her medication and gave Allyce instructions on what to eat and drink.
In fact, she knew without his saying so, because when she was alone abroad, she couldn’t help catching a cold and a fever.
She called the office and asked for permission to stay at home and take care of Severo.
I would take his temperature in a couple of hours.
After eating, she took Severo’s temperature, which was close to normal, and relaxed a little before falling asleep on the edge of the bed.
…
When he woke up again, he heard muffled voices talking in the room.
He turned around … Wait, he turned around?
Allyce sat up abruptly and found herself in bed with no one beside her.
Severo, who was standing by the window answering the phone, heard movement behind her and, with a soft bark from something on the other end of the line, turned to her.
Allyce, for her part, noticed the soft sound of her voice as soon as she answered the phone.
I had already seen him answer Neto and Xabat’s calls, and his voice had been calm and bland, without much emotion.
What kind of person would make you speak in an involuntarily soft voice even when answering the phone?
Allyce’s heart leapt violently.
“Awake? Are you hungry?”
Severo wore the checked pyjamas she had bought him, his hair black and his face pale, black and white, like a man out of a painting.
He reached up and brushed her hair away from her forehead: “I’ll fix you something to eat.
Allyce froze for a moment at the sound of his voice before saying, “You’re still sick.
“All right, that’s it.” Severo smiled and looked at her softly.
Allyce thought about the phone call she had just taken and the look on her face narrowed as she got out of bed and stopped looking at him. “Come back when you’re well.”
Allyce said as she headed for the bathroom.
When he finished washing, he opened the bathroom door to find the room empty, and a sudden loss rose in his heart.
Two steps ahead, he heard a clanking sound coming from the kitchen.