NovelBook"Oh!" Although Jacob felt a sense of disappointment, he still had to pretend to have a sudden realization. He patted his head and exclaimed, "Oh! My stupid mind keeps recalling memories of the past and forgetting the more important matter at hand." He then hurriedly said, "Matilda, please sit down and wait for me. I will get you the wet towel!" Matilda hurriedly replied, "There is a bathroom on the first floor. Just make a left turn in front." "Great!" Seeing that Jacob had turned around and gone to the bathroom, Matilda finally felt a sense of relief.
In truth, Jacob's purpose was very clear to her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtTo be honest, Jacob was not only her first love, but he was also the man she had loved the most in her entire life. So, naturally, she has sfantasies and expectations for Jacob.
However, she was a woman who had received higher education and had been decent her entire life.
She knew that although Jacob and Elaine were separated for now, their marriage was still official. Based on this, she felt that she could not go against her principle knowing that it was wrong to be physically close to a married man. 4 Although Elaine had shamelessly gotten in between Matilda and Jacob by having a sexual affair with Jacob, Matilda would not want to do the sthing in return.
Just as she sighed silently, Jacob had already walked over with a wet towel.
Jacob wiped her forehead with the wet towel and said, "Matilda, I brought you seasily digestible dinner. After this, I will help you back to your room, and into your bed. Then, I will feed you sfood. Also, you've already taken your fever medicine, so I believe it won't be long till the fever subsides." Matilda nodded. "Thank you for your help, Jacob. To be honest, I'm really hungry. I haven't eaten much all day." Jacob hurriedly replied, "Hey, why didn't you tellearlier? You should have toldas soon as you fell ill. If it wasn't because I went on Whatto ask you, you wouldn't have toldabout it!" Matilda replied, "I just didn't want to bother you. I thought that I could carry myself through this, but I didn't expect it to becmore severe." Jacob sighed and said with affection, "In the future, if such incidents were to occur again, please informimmediately. I will definitely cto your side, understand?" Matilda nodded her head and said with gratitude," Alright... I understand..." Only then was Jacob satisfied and said, "By the way, Matilda, where is your thermometer? I'll take your temperature again to see if it's getting better." Matilda nodded and pointed at a thermometer on the coffee table as she said, "Before you came, I wanted to take another test, but I didn't really have any strength to shake the mercury of the thermometer. Please, could you please helpshake..." Jacob hurriedly reached out and grabbed the thermometer with his hand, and as he shook it, he said worriedly, "Hey, I really didn't know that Paul was on a business trip. Otherwise, I would have cto see you a long tago. You are halone and sick, what if something were to happen to you?!"
He then handed the thermometer to Matilda and said," Put it on quickly.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmut it on Next time, I will buy an electronic thermometer to avoid such inconvenience."
As soon as his voice died down, he remembered something and hurriedly backtracked on his words. "I ΟΠΤ think it's best not to buy the OTT electronic ones. The electronic ones are not as accurate as the mercury thermometers. If you were ever to be unable to handle it on your own, you can always look for me. I will help you. Matilda felt touched and nodded her head.
She was very pleased with Jacob's thoughtfulness, especially when she was sick Asudden sense of dependency arose from within her heart.
So, she said with a bit of shyness, "Thank you, Jacob." s
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