Mango followed Nathaniel back home, feeling exhausted.
Nathaniel quickly asked Lucy to fill up the bathtub for her. Then, he said softly, "Go take a bath and sleep for a while. I will wake you up for dinner later."
Mango originally wanted to say something, but she could not resist the tiredness so she nodded.
After she went to the bedroom, Nathaniel followed behind.
Nathaniel felt that Mango was not in a good spirit. Recalling last night's behavior, he could not help but blame himself.
While Mango was taking a bath, Nathaniel's phone rang. There were some documents in the company that needed to be dealt online so he went straight to the study room.
Mango's entire body was soaked in warm water and only then did she feel as if she had come back to life.
Although her grandpa's health condition was fine and there was not any trace of Andrea executing her evil plan, Mango still felt that something was fishy.
Did Mango miss something?
Or was Andrea's means too brilliant to the extent that Mango could not figure it out?
Mango fell asleep as soon as she thought about it.
After Nathaniel finished dealing with the documents, he came to his bedroom. He frowned when he did not see Mango on the bed.
He subconsciously went to the bathroom and saw Mango sleeping in the bathtub.
Her face was a little red.
Nathaniel's heart tightened slightly. He quickly walked forward and pulled Mango out. Then, he used her pajama to wipe her body, only to discover that Mango's body temperature was frighteningly high.
"Mango, wake up!"
Nathaniel tried to wake Mango up.
Mango felt that someone was calling her, but her eyelids were so heavy that she could not open her eyes. She was feeling hotter and uncomfortable.
She twisted her body and she felt terrible until she wanted to cry.
"Nathan... I'm cold... hot."
The feeling of hot and cold was about to drive Mango crazy.
Nathaniel secretly blamed himself for not coming back early. He quickly called Emberly.
Emberly was still at the racing court when she heard that Mango had a fever. She was startled.
"What happened? Wasn't she fine when she left?"
Nathaniel had no idea too and didn't know how to explain.
Mango was feeling really good when she woke up in the morning, but she became anxious when she heard that Brantley fainted.
When Emberly came, Mango was already suffering from a high fever. She lost her consciousness and mumbled continuously.
"Why is it so serious? Where did you go just now?"
Emberly examined Mango's body quickly.
Nathaniel whispered, "Her grandpa passed out and then we went to the hospital together."
"But it won't be this serious!"
Emberly's expression turned grave.
"Let's have a blood test first."
Nathaniel's house had already had all the required medical instruments. Emberly only needed to take some blood from Mango and examine it.
Fifteen minutes later, Emberly turned a very serious face.
"The Complete Blood Count is too high. Looks like an inflammation or an infection."
Emberly thought of Mango's body and asked, "Didn't you control yourselves last night?"
Emberly 's question made Nathaniel feel very awkward. However, for the sake of Mango's body, he still nodded his head.
"Mango's body is severely injured. It's best to control yourself when having intercourse. I'll set up a drip for her then we'll see what happens next."
"All right.”
Nathaniel had been dealing in the business world for many years. Now, for Mango's sake, he was being reprimanded like a primary school student in front of Emberly,
After Emberly gave Mango some urgent treatment, she said with some worries, "At this time, leave the children to me and Noah. You should focus on taking care of her."
"Thank you."
Nathaniel thought the same as well.
Mango felt a stream of cool liquid flowing from her wrist to her body, easing her body temperature. However, she still felt uncomfortable.
She fell asleep in a daze. Furthermore, she did not know when Emberly left and when she finished the drip.
Although Mango's body temperature had dropped, Emberly still said to Nathaniel, "Tonight, it would be better to observe her, I'm afraid that she'll get sick again. That's what inflammation does to a woman and she'll get fever when she's angry or worried. You know her health as well."
"Got it."
Nathaniel nodded.
Emberly said a few more words and then she left.
Nathaniel remained by Mango's side all the time.
Nathaniel's feeling was influenced by the fluctuation of Mango's body temperature. Hence, he stayed by her side and took care of her.
Lucy looked at them and asked, "Mr. Ye, let me cook some porridge so that when she wakes up, she'll have something to eat."
"Go ahead."
Nathaniel was not in the mood at all. Instead, he felt guilty.
It was because he was too impatient.
Nathaniel knew that Mango's body was not in a good condition, so why hadn't he been able to control himself?
The whole afternoon passed in the blink of an eye. At night when Newell returned, he found out that Mango was ill, so he bought some fruits for her.
Nathaniel let him put those aside and continued to take care of Mango.
Mango had yet to wake up. When her body temperature became higher, Nathaniel used physical cooling for her. However, the temperature rose up again not long after.
In the middle of the night, Mango's body temperature soared to 40 degrees straightaway, as if her entire body was burning.
Nathaniel was frightened to death.
Then, he called Emberly again.
Zion was counselled by Noah. Since Genevieve was pregnant again and Nathaniel did not want the children to worry, he had to trouble Emberly again.
After Emberly came, she frowned tightly.
Emberly and her teacher started a video call and sent over Mango's health report. Then, Nathaniel became very anxious as they were talking about some professional jargons.
After more than half an hour, Emberly and her teacher had reached a consensus on continuing a conservative treatment for Mango.
The fever was simple yet complicated. Now, besides taking medicine, there was only physical cooling.
Nathaniel had no choice but to do as Emberly said.
In order to take care of Mango, Emberly stayed in the Ye Family.
When it was almost dawn, Mango lapsed into a temporary coma.
Nathaniel was about to go crazy after seeing this.
Wasn't it just a fever?
Wasn't it just an inflammation?
How could this almost take away Mango's life?
Emberly also felt terrible.
She had always thought that her medical skills were good, but now that she was with Mango, a simple fever was something that she could not even handle. Furthermore, Mango was her good friend. This really put a lot of pressure on her, to the point that she could not even breathe.
The two of them were busy for a long time before Mango's breathing became normal. However, Mango's body temperature had always been around forty degrees, and any medicines or drops could not seem to heal her.
Cold sweats began to drip down from Emberly's forehead.
"Nathaniel, why don't we ask them to come over and have a look?"
She meant Noah and Genevieve when she said them.
At this time, Nathaniel cared more about Mango's life. As long as he could save Mango, he could hire anyone.
When Noah and Genevieve received the news, they rushed over immediately.
Zion was doing counselling in the Soo family's house. So, after he heard the news, he came home together with Barney.
"Mr. Ye, how is mommy?"
Zion looked worried.
Nathaniel did not dare to face his son's anxious eyes.
Nathaniel thought to himself, "How should I tell my son?"
Was Nathaniel going to tell his son that Mango is about to die just because of his own lust?
No, Nathaniel could not tell him the truth.
Noah quickly said, "Zion, don't disturb our diagnosis first. Can you and Barney go out first? Trust us, the three of us will save your mommy."
Zion hesitated for a moment before nodding and leaving the room. However, he looked gloomy.
Nathaniel became short of breath upon thinking that he was definitely a sinner.
Seeing Nathaniel like this, Noah patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are too tired. So why not take a rest outside, or wash your face or smoke? Leave it to us."
"Mango, she..."
Nathaniel was choked with sobs.
They had been through too much together. How could they be separated by such an inflammation?
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