Elias’ Crimes and Punishments of Romance

Chapter 152

Chapter 152

Chapter 152 Fever

Tonight was probably the first night on which Elias had a very peaceful sleep. He had a long, long dream, in which he traveled back to four years ago. Amanda told him she was pregnant and produced the pregnancy test strip showing a positive result. This time, he believed her without a doubt and accompanied her to the hospital for a pregnancy checkup. Just when he dreamed of accompanying her to undergo a color Doppler ultrasound scan, he suddenly awoke from his dream.

In a sleepy haze, he felt a small hand touching his face all over. After knitting his brows for a moment, he slowly opened his eyes to see Aiden’s little face. The boy was staring at him like a curious baby while continuing to poke him with his little hand.

Aiden was apparently startled to see the man open his eyes. “Mommy! Uncle Elias is awake!”

Elias then saw Amanda come over with a rather serious expression. “You’re up at last? You had a fever in the middle of last night. We were scared to death and wanted to send you to the hospital, but we couldn’t wake you up no matter what, so we had no choice but to try to cool your body temperature.”

Only then did Elias notice that he had an iced towel on his forehead. So, this little brat is poking my face to see if my fever has gone down? He wanted to say something, only to find that his throat was dry and sore, making it hard for him to speak.

“You want to drink some water?” Amanda turned to look at the boy. “Baby, go pour a glass of water for Uncle Elias, okay? He’s ill right now, so he can’t get up on his own.”

“Okay!” Aiden climbed out of bed and ran out of the bedroom as fast as his little legs could carry him.

Amanda came over and removed the iced towel from his forehead. After touching his forehead for a moment, she said, “Good thing that your fever has finally gone down a little. Now get up and take the

fever medicine.” As she spoke, she struggled to help him to a sitting position with his back against the headboard.

Seeing how she took care of himself, Elias felt that it touched a soft spot in his heart. Just then, Aiden entered the bedroom holding a glass of water. He said in a childlike voice, “Mommy, here’s the water.”

Amanda took the glass of water without forgetting to praise him. “Thank you so much, Baby. What a good boy.”

Elias couldn’t help but smile at how mature his son was. Before going to sleep last night, he had felt happy to see his wife and son sleeping before his eyes, but the scene right now made him even happier-so happy that he was willing to do whatever it took to freeze this moment in time.

Amanda handed the water and medicine to him. “Here, take the fever medicine. If it doesn’t reduce your fever, you’ll have no choice but to go to the hospital.”

Elias washed down the pills in one gulp with most of the water.

Aiden looked on while asking in a childlike voice, “Mommy, is Uncle Elias gonna die from his illness?”

Elias’ lips twitched involuntarily for a moment. Is this little brat hoping that I’ll die young?

Amanda couldn’t help but laugh in amusement. “Why would he die from that? He just has a fever, so he’s not going to die from that. It’s like when you got put on a drip in the hospital last time, remember?”

“Oh… that hurts a lot. It hurts to be put on a drip.” Aiden turned to look at Elias. “Are you scared?”

The man patted his head with a smile. “No, I’m not scared.”

“You’re very brave, Uncle Elias. I got put on a drip last time, and it hurt when the nurse put the needle in my arm. I even cried, you know.”

“You cried?” Elias asked with a laugh.

“Yeah!” Aiden replied in all seriousness. “My arm bled when that nurse put the needle in it. It hurt a lot.”

Elias’ lips curled into a smile. Patiently, he listened to his son’s story of his stay in the hospital. Amanda said, “Let Aiden stay with you while I make some congee. You probably don’t have much appetite for food, but you should eat a little to get something in your stomach.” She stood up and was about to

leave.

Elias couldn’t help but ask, “Don’t you have to go to work at your law firm today?”

“Today’s my day off,” replied Amanda before stepping out of the bedroom. And besides, I’ve moved out of the villa in Galaxy Bay. If I go to the law firm, I’ll get pestered by Simon again, which I honestly have no idea how to deal with. Let’s run away from all of this for the time being, she thought to herself.

Meanwhile, Aiden fetched his picture book over, suggesting, “Uncle Elias, let me tell you a story, okay?”

“Sure.”

The boy thus began to tell the story according to the picture book. He told the story in such an incoherent way that no one could understand what he was talking about, but Elias nonetheless listened very seriously. He felt as though he had gotten addicted to this tender place, unwilling to go anywhere now that he had his beloved woman and child with him.

After about an hour, Amanda entered the bedroom to get them to eat breakfast. “Aiden, go eat your breakfast. And you, can you move? Would you like me to bring your breakfast in for you?” She spoke to him gently, which was rare. This was because she thought she had something to do with the man’s fever. She and Aiden had snatched the blanket last night, leaving him to sleep for most of the night without a blanket, which was how he caught a cold and had a fever.

Elias was quite unused to her being so gentle toward him. Tll eat in the dining room.” Throwing back the blanket, he stood up and walked out of the bedroom.

The three of them ended up sitting at the dining table ready for breakfast. This made them look very much like a family of three.

Amanda served Aiden a small bowl of congee. “Hurry and finish it.” Then, she filled another bowl with congee and placed it in front of Elias, saying, “Eat more if you have an appetite. If you don’t, you can eat

less of it

Elias narrowed his eyes while studying her facial expression.

Amanda felt somewhat uneasy under his stare. “What’s wrong? Why are you staring at me like this? Do I have something on my face?”

Elias asked with a solemn face, “I can’t help feeling that something’s wrong. Why are you so gentle toward me all of a sudden? Did you do something wrong to me?” He couldn’t help feeling that Amanda’s gentleness at this moment had a hint of guilt about it.

“What nonsense are you talking about? I’m not being gentle all of a sudden. You’re overthinking it.”

Amanda lowered her head and ate her breakfast, not wanting to talk to him again.

To her surprise, Aiden, who was sitting between them, answered innocently. “Uncle Elias, Mommy said you got ill because we snatched your blanket last night, so we have to be nicer to you.”

“Aiden Bailey! Can’t you eat instead of talking?!” Amanda picked up a piece of garlic bread and stuffed it in his mouth while shooting him a glare.

Seeing how angry his mother was, Aiden ducked his head and ate breakfast obediently, not daring to speak anymore.

At last, Elias understood what was going on. “Oh… So that’s it. I wondered why it was so cold last night. So, it turns out that you two snatched my blanket, huh?” He let out a chuckle. Watching the guilty-looking mother and son before him, he found them very adorable.

Amanda replied stubbornly, “Don’t listen to his nonsense. You caught a chill last night by throwing off the blanket yourself. And besides, that blanket isn’t big enough for the three of us in the first place.”

Elias narrowed his eyes. “I don’t care about that. It’s because of you two that I have a fever now, so you two have to take care of me. There’s no way I can go to work today, so I’m staying here for a good rest.”

Amanda was speechless. This jerk has started acting shameless again!

Arden blinked his puppy-dog eyes. “But I’m a kid. How am I supposed to take care of you? I need somebody to take care of me, too.”

Elias replied, “You can pour me some water to drink.”

Aiden was stupefied.

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