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Chapter Eighteen: Sleeping on the same bed.

Author: B.J
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-20 02:05:37

**Nico's POV**

I have seen men pass away in front of me.

I have put gun to the mouth of a traitor without blinking.

I have watched empire perish.

But nothing...

Nothing shook me the way she did now.

Standing near the foot of the bed. Matteo murmured quietly, "Her temperature is still high."

"She's burning up." I whispered as I sat at her side, sleeves rolled to my elbows, a damp cloth in my hand, softly cleaning her forehead.

"She just has to rest and wait. Her vitals are stable," Matteo tried to reassure me.

My voice cracked like a whip. "Then why she looks like she's breaking from the inside?"

Matteo didn't respond.

He silently exited the room and shut the door behind him.

Still sitting by her side.

I couldn't go anywhere else.

I just want to see that she's okay.

Her lips slightly parted and pale as she breathes.

A droplet of water rolled down her cheek.

I caught it with a thumb. Not knowing if it was from the fever… or the cloth… or her tears.

And then she stirred.

“Amelia…” I whi
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