The prisoner of Mr. Xie

Part 17 - Fever

Laura could only squeeze out the strong gray-colored dress she was currently wearing, she really felt disrespected by Nathan. At this time Nathan looks so worried about Davira's condition, although his face still looks calm. But Laura could feel that Nathan was agitated just because of Davira's hot body.

Laura had never seen the side of Nathan as she is today, since she had only seen Nathan who was cold and untouched. Nathan never cared about the people around him.

His closeness with Nathan that has been established for years also only looks like a business relationship. Laura still saw such a strong wall between her and Nathan, the man had limited their interaction from being too intense.

But unfortunately Laura still feel interested in Nathan, Laura can not eliminate her feelings for the man. Even his brain always remembered about Nathan, no matter how cold the man was to him. Nathan is infatuated with a beautiful woman named Davira Handoko.

It's been years, and Nathan still hasn't given up. Laura is not sure what Nathan really feels about Davira. Is it just obsession and curiosity? Or is it really a love that can't be eliminated?

Laura was curious, she could not guess the contents of Nathan's heart and mind. He didn't even know much about the man's personal life. And even now he still wonders about the mastermind behind the Handoko family massacre. Is it really Nathan? Or someone else? Laura never got a definitive answer from Nathan's mouth.

"He's in his room?" laura asked as she tried to match her footsteps with Nathan who walked so fast without waiting for her.

Nathan simply nodded in response making Laura sigh long.

"What happened to Davira? Did he take the medicine I gave him?"

"No, she was also late to eat so her stomach acid rose. Davira almost fainted last night and I forced her to take medicine to keep her stomach from hurting. But when I saw her condition this morning, she had a fever. Her body was very hot, so I hope you check on her," Nathan replied then into the elevator, as did Laura.

"I will definitely check and treat Davira."

Silence enveloped them for a while until the elevator doors opened right on the third floor. The two of them went out together, down the hallway after the passageway until they reached Davira's room. Looks like a waiter just came out with a tray.

"He's eating?" nathan asked in Japanese.

"Already Sir, Miss Davira ate voraciously. But... It looks like Miss is feverish, her face is very pale."

Nathan breathed a sigh of relief hearing Davira who had eaten without having to force again. The man immediately entered Davira's room along with Laura who was following behind him.

Davira immediately turned her face when she saw Nathan's arrival, let alone the man being with Laura at this time. She dislikes the woman, Davira is fed up with seeing the hypocritical face of Laura who looks so friendly to her while being with Nathan like this.

"I'm glad you've eaten" Nathan sat down on the edge of the bed, at Davira's feet.

"I have to recover to get my revenge" Davira said, giving Nathan a cold look.

A gentle swipe now that Davira felt in her head, Nathan chuckled at what Davira had said just now.

"Don't touch me, Nathan. I'll break your hand" Davira threatened with a face that looked so serious.

But that face certainly did not make Nathan feel threatened at all, while Laura now can only withstand the annoyance and tightness in his chest. He felt unacceptable when Nathan was being so gentle like that to Davira.

"You're not going to do that Davira" Nathan said half-whispering in front of Davira's face, the distance between their faces now so close.

Nathan stared at Davira's bead with a look of adoration, very contrary to Davira who seemed to want to prey on him.

Laura gave a brief pang that made Nathan sober and turned to the woman.

"I almost forgot, check it out" Nathan stood up and invited Laura to sit on the chair next to Davira's bed.

Laura put the back of her hand on Davira's forehead which was really hot.

With such a cold face, Davira picked it up and immediately did as Laura told.

"You must take the medicine I gave you yesterday so that your wounds will heal soon, you also must not be late to eat because you have acid reflux disease. Your body is also still so weak, your stomach must not be empty."

Davira is silent and does not intend to respond to Laura's words, after a while, Davira gives her thermometer back to Laura.

The beautiful doctor immediately prescribed medicine for Davira.

"You have a fever, take this medicine so that the heat is reduced. Drink after three meals a day," Laura put the medicine pack on the nightstand and then stood up from her seat.

"Have you?"

Laura nodded to answer Nathan's question.

"Davira's gonna be okay?" nathan asked to make sure.

"Calm down, Nathan. I will not die before I can kill you" Davira said, holding her chest.

"He will recover soon if he takes the medicine, he must also eat regularly. Why did you have to shoot him anyway?" Laura did not think about what Nathan had done.

"Thank you for taking your time, it looks like you still have a lot of work to do."

For some reason Davira immediately cheered inwardly, she even held back her laughter from hearing the subtle expulsion coming out of Nathan's mouth for Laura.

"Alright, Nathan. I want to tell you that tomorrow I'm going back to Indonesia, Mrs Gayatri asked me to meet her," Laura said, holding back her embarrassment, feeling completely slapped by Nathan's words just now. The problem here is Davira is listening.

"Always tell me about Grandma's condition, and remember what I said to you back then, Laura."

"I remember, I'm not gonna leak it. Take it easy," Laura stared at the bandage at Davira's feet.

"I think I should change that bandage."

"Let me do it, give me the bandages and the medicine," Nathan sat down again near Davira so the woman had to shift because she didn't want to if they were too close.

Laura immediately pulled out the bandages and medicine from her bag and handed it to Nathan. 

"I'm leaving now, Nathan," after saying that, Laura immediately walked out of Davira's room because she was already feeling so breathless.

"You're not out? I want to rest" Davira leaned back comfortably while watching Nathan's unlucky face so handsome even from such a close range as it is today.

Nathan shifted his seat to be near Davira's feet, the man immediately raised one of Davira's legs and placed it on his thighs.

Davira was shocked, "What are you doing?" he tried to pull back his legs, but Nathan quickly held him back.

Nathan looked at Davira's face and rubbed a bandage wrapped in a wound on Davira's leg.

"Of course change your bandages, Davira. You didn't listen to me and Laura very well apparently."