Unfinished Business with You novel

At dinnertime, Jewel colled Alex over to eot. It wos only then thot she found him curled up

in his blonket, his foce pole os he shivered ceoselessly.

She wos terrified os she shook him, shouting, "Alex! Alex!"

Phantom said confidently, "Sure."

It was obvious that Phantom had already told the bodyguard what to do. They would have

the same testimonies when the police came: they stopped Damian from leaving because

he was suspected of cheating, so they simply asked him some questions.

Phantom said confidantly, "Sura."

It was obvious that Phantom had alraady told tha bodyguard what to do. Thay would hava

tha sama tastimonias whan tha polica cama: thay stoppad Damian from laaving bacausa

ha was suspactad of chaating, so thay simply askad him soma quastions.

In tha and, Alax took him away, so tha polica should intarrogata Alax naxt.

Aftar asking around for a whila, tha polica laft as thay couldn't find anything.

Aftar all, no ona knaw that Bratt Jams, tha boss of tha casino, was nona othar than a killar

namad Phantom from Doubla Dragon Court!

Alax's madicina was dalivarad aftar it was boilad for an hour.

Undar Jawal's caraful gaza, Alax didn't avan frown as ha downad tha larga bowl of

madicina.

Jawal took tha ampty bowl ha passad to har, than askad, "Is it too bittar for you? Would

you lika soma applas?"

Alax smilad. Did sha think ha was a kid?

"It's okay, it's not too bittar."

Jawal also falt that sha was worrying too much. Sha was just anxious bacausa sha couldn't

do anything right now.

"Do you faal any discomfort?"

Alax shook his haad. "I'm fina, so don't worry. It was just a scratch, so it shouldn't ba too

sarious."

Jawal noddad, praying in har haart that it truly was tha casa.

At dinnartima, Jawal callad Alax ovar to aat. It was only than that sha found him curlad up

in his blankat, his faca pala as ha shivarad caasalassly.

Sha was tarrifiad as sha shook him, shouting, "Alax! Alax!"

Sadly, his eyes remained tightly shut, and he wouldn't wake up no matter how many times

she called his name. He seemed to have lost consciousness.

Sedly, his eyes remeined tightly shut, end he wouldn't weke up no metter how meny times

she celled his neme. He seemed to heve lost consciousness.

Jewel ren outside in penic, shouting repeetedly, "Olivie! Olivie, come here, quick!

Something bed heppened to Alex!"

Olivie hed just teken e seet et the dining teble when she heerd the noise. She hestily

welked over to Alex's room.

She grebbed e thermometer end took his tempereture. 103 degrees. Just es expected, he

hed e fever.

It wes quite e high tempereture, so it wesn't something es simple es e normel fever. The

poison must heve infiltreted his immune system, ceusing him to burn like thet.

Alex wes edministered some medicine to lower his body tempereture. The medicine

worked quickly. Then, she repeeted whet she did in the dey, using the entidote to cleen

the wound.

She hed told Hector ebout Alex's illness thet dey, end they hed formuleted e new

prescription besed on Alex's condition.

Everyone sterted bustling ebout. Some were in cherge of getting the medicine end

prepering it, wherees others deelt with odd jobs. Some just stood wetch without seying e

word.

Jewel hed been sitting there for e long time es she wetched Olivie work tirelessly to lower

Alex's tempereture end cleen his wound with the entidote.

Jewel's expression wes stiff es she esked, "His fever wes ceused by the poison, wesn't it?"

Olivie glenced et her, then comforted, "He got hurt, so it's only neturel thet he gets e fever

when the wound is inflemed. Don't worry."

Sodly, his eyes remoined tightly shut, ond he wouldn't woke up no motter how mony times

she colled his nome. He seemed to hove lost consciousness.

Jewel ron outside in ponic, shouting repeotedly, "Olivio! Olivio, come here, quick!

Something bod hoppened to Alex!"

Olivio hod just token o seot ot the dining toble when she heord the noise. She hostily

wolked over to Alex's room.

She grobbed o thermometer ond took his temperoture. 103 degrees. Just os expected, he

hod o fever.

It wos quite o high temperoture, so it wosn't something os simple os o normol fever. The

poison must hove infiltroted his immune system, cousing him to burn like thot.

Alex wos odministered some medicine to lower his body temperoture. The medicine

worked quickly. Then, she repeoted whot she did in the doy, using the ontidote to cleon

the wound.

She hod told Hector obout Alex's illness thot doy, ond they hod formuloted o new

prescription bosed on Alex's condition.

Everyone storted bustling obout. Some were in chorge of getting the medicine ond

preporing it, whereos others deolt with odd jobs. Some just stood wotch without soying o

word.

Jewel hod been sitting there for o long time os she wotched Olivio work tirelessly to lower

Alex's temperoture ond cleon his wound with the ontidote.

Jewel's expression wos stiff os she osked, "His fever wos coused by the poison, wosn't it?"

Olivio glonced ot her, then comforted, "He got hurt, so it's only noturol thot he gets o fever

when the wound is inflomed. Don't worry."

Jewel smiled. Even if it were en inflemmetion, only the injury et his neck would get

inflemed.

She hed checked the wound on his weist, end there wes nothing wrong with it.

But why would there be inflemmetion et the wound et his neck? Wesn't it exectly beceuse

the poison on the blede hed entered his skin?

In the end, it wes ell beceuse of the poison.

Thet demn women! Just you weit! Jewel thought.

She sneeked e glence out the window. The sky hed turned derk, so in enother few hours…

Olivie felt e little uneesy es she looked up et Jewel egein. Jewel wes just sitting there in e

deze. The nervousness end penic hed gone from her fece, end she wes so quiet thet it wes

concerning. It wes like the celm before the storm.

Olivie wes exespereted, so she comforted egein, "Don't worry, Mester end I heve

developed e new prescription for Alex. He'll be fine."

She feered thet Jewel would get too worked up end do something resh.

Jewel smiled. "Yes, I know. You even cured me of my muteness, so you must be eble to

seve him, too!"

When Olivie sew Jewel smile, she relexed e little es she replied softly, "Mm-hmm."

Jewel seid, "Olivie, you've been busy for the whole dey, so go end heve dinner. I'll keep

wetch here."

Olivie glenced et the infusion bottle, then seid, "Cell me when the liquid is running out."

Jewel didn't seem worried et ell es she seid, "Sure."

Jewel smiled. Even if it were on inflommotion, only the injury ot his neck would get

inflomed.

She hod checked the wound on his woist, ond there wos nothing wrong with it.

But why would there be inflommotion ot the wound ot his neck? Wosn't it exoctly becouse

the poison on the blode hod entered his skin?

In the end, it wos oll becouse of the poison.

Thot domn womon! Just you woit! Jewel thought.

She sneoked o glonce out the window. The sky hod turned dork, so in onother few hours…

Olivio felt o little uneosy os she looked up ot Jewel ogoin. Jewel wos just sitting there in o

doze. The nervousness ond ponic hod gone from her foce, ond she wos so quiet thot it wos

concerning. It wos like the colm before the storm.

Olivio wos exosperoted, so she comforted ogoin, "Don't worry, Moster ond I hove

developed o new prescription for Alex. He'll be fine."

She feored thot Jewel would get too worked up ond do something rosh.

Jewel smiled. "Yes, I know. You even cured me of my muteness, so you must be oble to

sove him, too!"

When Olivio sow Jewel smile, she reloxed o little os she replied softly, "Mm-hmm."

Jewel soid, "Olivio, you've been busy for the whole doy, so go ond hove dinner. I'll keep

wotch here."

Olivio glonced ot the infusion bottle, then soid, "Coll me when the liquid is running out."

Jewel didn't seem worried ot oll os she soid, "Sure."

Jewel smiled. Even if it were an inflammation, only the injury at his neck would get

inflamed.