In a panic, Essie covered herself with a towel and asked, "How did you get in?" She distinctly
remembered locking the door.
"I have the key." Zac smiled mischievously. Then he came over to her and took her into his arms.
Feeling the cold temperature of her body, he paused and asked, "Are you cold?"
After getting wet in the rain, how could she not feel cold?
"Let go of me. I need to change my clothes." She tried to push him away as hard as she could but she
ended up grunting in pain. She had accidentally pulled on her injured knee after putting in all her
strength to push him.
It was not until then that Zac noticed that her knees were still bleeding. He guided her towards the bed
and helped her sit down. From the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of the wet clothes on the
floor. He frowned and asked, "What happened?"
"I got wet in the rain when I went to see the Epiphyllum, and I fell on the ground on my way back,"
Essie said in a casual tone.
Zac stroked her head tenderly then took out the first aid kit and disinfected her wound before applying
some medicine.
Once he was done, he asked Jane to cook some ginger soup to help Essie get warm.
Jane turned around and was just about to leave when Essie stopped her. "Please cook a little extra and
send a bowl of soup to Miss Valery as well," she said.
"Yes, my lady." Jane nodded and walked out.
"Did Valery also get wet in the rain?" Zac asked casually after hearing what Essie said to Jane. She
pouted as she said, "Don't worry. She was in the pavilion, so she didn't get wet in the rain. I want to
send her some ginger soup out of my simple concern that she might catch a cold."
With a smile, Zac pulled her into his arms and said, "Honey, are you jealous?"
She rolled her eyes and replied, "I'm not the kind of person who overthinks that kind of thing." She
didn't love him. How could she be jealous?
After a while, Jane entered their room with a bowl of ginger soup in hand.
"Have you given some to Miss Valery as well?" Essie asked.
"Yes, but Miss Valery said that she can't stand the smell of ginger, so she asked me to throw it away,"
Jane answered. She felt that serving Miss Valery was much more difficult than serving her own ladies.
With a sigh, Essie asked Jane to bring the other bowl of ginger soup to her as well. She drank all the
soup herself as she didn't like wasting food.
After that, Zac let her take a hot bath. When she returned to bed, all she wanted was to sleep
comfortably.
Zac knew that she was still tired from last night, so he quietly took her in his arms and let her have a
good rest without disturbing her.
She curled up in his arms like a meek kitten. Since he was not by her side these past few days, she
wasn't able to sleep well at all. The more time they spent together, the more she seemed to rely on
him. She couldn't let herself get used to that. After all, he wasn't the one she would spend the rest of
her life with. They would have to break up sooner or later, so she had to get rid of her dependence on
him.
It was a quiet night, but Sage's shouting in the middle of the night woke them up.
Valery suffered from the cold wind brought about by the rain earlier that day, and on top of that, she
refused to drink the ginger soup Essie gave her to dispel the cold, so she caught a cold and fever in the
middle of the night.
Mary called the doctor immediately and asked him to come to the house.
Since she was pregnant and wasn't allowed to take any medicine, the doctor suggested some physical
remedies to cool down her temperature.
"How could she catch a cold all of a sudden?" Mary was worried about her grandson.
"It's all her fault." Sage took the opportunity to shift the blame to Essie. She glared at her and said, "We
asked her to fetch an umbrella and a blanket, but she took so long and the cold wind kept blowing on
our miss. She must have done it deliberately. She hoped that Miss Valery would catch a cold and the
baby in her belly will be harmed."
"Shut up!" Zac snapped, and a murderous look flashed in his eyes. 'So my wife got totally soaked from
the rain and ended up scratching her knees because these two made her fetch an umbrella from the
main house for them. And in spite of that, they weren't showing her any gratitude and were even trying
to make her look like the bad guy. It seemed like I didn't teach this rat a good enough lesson last time. I
should have cut off her tongue so that she wouldn't have been able to speak for the rest of her life,' he
thought angrily.
When Sage saw that he was furious, she quickly hid behind Mary.
"Well, we can talk about this matter after Valery's fever goes down,"
Mary said, giving Essie an insidious look. She was sure that Essie played a trick on Valery on purpose.
She had double standards for people she hated. To her, it didn't matter what that person did—they
were always wrong.
Essie sneered.
It turned out that there was nothing she could do for these people to see her as a good person. She
tried her best to help out, but not only did her good deed go unappreciated, but she was even blamed
for what happened afterwards.
After taking a warm bath, Valery's fever went away. Mary was relieved, and she asked Jane to make
ginger soup for Valery.
"Earlier this day, our Lady Essie asked me to cook a bowl of ginger soup and send it to Miss Valery, but
Miss Valery refused to drink because she said she hated the smell of ginger," Jane muttered. She
thought, 'All this drama wouldn't have happened if she had just drunk the soup when I brought it to her.'
Mary waved her hand dismissively. "She still has to drink it. Add more sugar."
After Jane left, Mary turned to Zac and said, "You have to go to the company tomorrow. Go to bed
early. You can just leave Essie, Jane, and Sage to take care of Valery here." She had made up her
mind that Essie should stay and serve in the 'care group' for Valery. In her mind, Essie was the culprit,
and she was the reason Valery caught a cold. She would never let her get away with what she did.
Essie knew exactly what Mary was thinking and what she was up to, but she didn't say anything and
decided to do as her mother-in-law wished. She was fine with it anyway.
Zac frowned and said, "Mommy, Sage and Jane have enough hands to take care of Valery. Essie got
wet in the rain today and her knees got injured. Besides, she has to record the program tomorrow. She
must have a good rest."
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