Getting My Ex-wife Back

Frightened by Santiago’s action, the doctor immediately stood up, holding his tongue. Santiago’s eyes flashed with anger. The doctor explained, “I’m just trying to treat her. This kind of illness can only be treated when it acts up. When she’s in pain, for example.”

“So you say, but did you have to hug her?” Santiago’s face was cold. The doctor said, “Yes, I need to hug her from behind.”

“She needs to hold her breath. I will clench my fist and massage her from top to bottom, as well as the left and right sides of her chest. Then, she will have to slowly exhale. She can do it by herself, but judging by her current state…”

The doctor looked at Raeleigh, who was grappling with pain. She couldn’t even clench her fist, let alone massage herself.

“Is there no other way?” Santiago’s face softened. The doctor said, “Well, she can try to lie down and roll around in bed to alleviate the pain. But paradoxically, she’s going to endure a great amount of pain. She can also try to stretch away the pain.”

After the doctor explained, Santiago climbed onto the bed and sat behind Raeleigh to help her up. Before Raeleigh could struggle, he had already started.

“Breath in…”

Raeleigh took a deep breath and held it. The doctor froze for a moment and then raised his hand to press Raeleigh’s ribs. “Does it hurt?”

Raeleigh did not answer, but sweat slid down from her forehead. Santiago turned sideways to look at Raeleigh. He clenched his fist and slowly massage her ribs, per the doctor’s instruction.

Raeleigh did her best to endure the pain. A few moments later, the pain started to subside. It was not until she regained her strength that she pushed Santiago away. Only then did he let go of her and climb down from the bed.

Santiago glanced at the doctor and growled, “Remember to make things clear before taking action next time, otherwise it will cause unnecessary trouble.”

In other words, Santiago meant that he would take action against the doctor, should he act rashly again.

The doctor did not even dare to wipe away the sweat on his forehead. “I’m sorry, I was anxious when I saw the patient in pain. I will be careful next time.”

“What’s your next course of action to treat her illness?” Santiago immediately asked, sounding very intimidating. The doctor did not even dare to meet his eyes and could only say, “I’ll give her an injection later. Then, she will have to stay in bed for the next two days and relax herself. She should be fine after.”

“Can you please ask a couple female doctors to come and examine her bruises from yesterday’s incident? Ask them to bring along whatever medicine necessary.”

“Alright. We will arrange it right away.”

Santiago used his chin to motion for them to leave. Then, the doctor brought his team out. It was only after he stepped out of the room that he dared to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

After the door was closed, Raeleigh sat in the bed, motionless. Santiago turned around and said to her, “Lie down.”

Raeleigh did not move. She sat in bed and looked towards the door. Santiago intended to help her lie down, but she quickly lay down herself. During this period, Rossie was standing beside Zorion, watching their interaction. Rossie felt strange. She wondered whose girlfriend was Raeleigh? Why did she feel that Santiago loved her more than Jepherson?

Raeleigh lay down and pulled the quilt over her body. She looked at Santiago. “Leave me alone, thanks. You can head home first. I will go home once I’m discharged.”

“Do you feel better?” Santiago asked as he sat to one side and stared deep into her eyes.

Raeleigh kept quiet. It was useless for her to say anything to a person like him.

Not long after, Raeleigh succumbed to sleep. When she woke up, Rossie persuaded her to have some food, but her mouth was full of ulcers and she dared not open her mouth. Nevertheless, her appearance looked fine.

“I’m full.” Raeleigh did not feel like eating anymore after taking a couple mouthful of porridge. She had never been like this before. She did not want Rossie to find out about her ulcerous mouth.

Rossie asked her, “You only ate two spoonfuls. Is your stomach not feeling well? Do you want me to go and get the doctor?”

“No, it’s just too hot. Why don’t you let it cool down for a bit?” Raeleigh asked. Rossie nodded and put the porridge aside. “I’ll make some soup for you later. I’ve got everything prepared.”

“Don’t bother. Initially, I was supposed to come and take care of you guys. Instead, now you have to take care of me and Zorion. I’m such a nuisance, aren’t I.”

“Don’t worry about it. I was planning to make some soup for Zorion anyways even if you weren’t here. His body is very weak and his stomach is not good, but he has to eat.”

Zorion had lost a huge amount of weight while Rossie wasn’t around.

Rossie had no idea that a person could shed so much weight in a short period of time.

Zorion was quite tall and weighed around 60 kilograms last time. She doubt that he weighed that much now.

Rossie thought that he had stomach issues and even asked him whether he’d gone to see Louisa to diagnose the problem. He said he did and it had been cured.

So the problem stemmed from him being a picky eater. Rossie planned to take advantage of this period of time to fatten him up.

Although she had to take care of Raeleigh as well, Zorion was the most important one.

Raeleigh did not know what else to say. So, she just thanked her.NôvelDrama.Org owns this.

“Thank you so much.”

Raeleigh did not finish her porridge, but instead lay back down on the bed. After a while, she started to have a fever.

Santiago had been keeping an eye on Raeleigh. It was unclear whether she was asleep or not, but her face gradually turned red. She would occasionally toss around in bed. The doctor did ask her to lay in bed, but somehow she kept tossing and turning.

Santiago saw Raeleigh frowning and reached out and placed a hand on her forehead. It was burning hot.

Santiago hurriedly got to his feet and called a doctor. Raeleigh felt that her ears were buzzing, as if someone was shouting at her. She raised her hand to cover her ears, blocking the noise.

Santiago held Raeleigh in place, but she kept rolling around on the bed and eventually curled up in bed. Santiago snapped, “Zorion bloody Whalen, are you dead?”

Zorion slowly got out of bed and walked to the door. When he pushed the door open, Rossie had returned with the doctor in tow.

Once bitten, twice shy-the doctor entered the room and stood by the door, waiting for Santiago’s say-so.

Santiago saw him. “What are you still standing there for?”

The doctor then hurried over to Raeleigh’s bedside. Santiago sat on the bed and held her in his arms. She was in a daze at this time and could not tell what was going on. Her high fever had already made her delirious.

Santiago was hugging her, but she wasn’t even conscious enough to realize that.

She curled up in Santiago’s arm, who held her down so tightly that she wouldn’t move.

The doctors checked Raeleigh’s eyes first, then opened her mouth. The doctor froze for a moment when he saw her mouth was covered with ulcers. Then, he released Raeleigh and looked at Santiago. “She has a severe flu, the hallmark of a highly dangerous viral infection.”

“What do you mean?”

“She needs to be quarantined and kept under observation.” The doctor wasn’t sure whether the virus was infectious, but in this situation, he could only suggest that Raeleigh had to be transferred to an isolation ward for observation.

Santiago’s expression darkened when he heard the doctor’s words. “Is it fatal?”

“I’m not sure.”

“Get ready, send her to the isolation ward now!”

Santiago looked down at Raeleigh in his arms and suddenly held her tightly. He rested his head against hers and kissed her.