Perfect Mysterious Husband (Maddox and Kimberly)

Chapter 725

After a while, Quill raised his head again and spoke in a lukewarm tone.

"You've been working hard for the past few days."

Vera was somewhat flattered and shook her head. "Not at all. It's just... I want to see Minerva, isthat okay?"

Although her Prince Charming was very important... close friends were more important than that.

To Vera, Minerva still came first.

"Let's go."

When Vera was taken to Minerva's ward, Juliette was taking care of her. When Juliette saw hercoming, the expression on her face changed slightly. "Vera? Have you finished handling the affairsin Hidalgo?"

"Yes, everything has been dealt with. I heard that Minerva has a fever?"

They were afraid to wake Minerva, so they deliberately lowered their voices as they spoke. Juliettenodded.

"Yes, it's a high fever, and she's pregnant, so she can't be prescribed medication anyhow. Thedoctor recommended physically cooling her off."

At that, Vera couldn't help but exclaim, "Is she really pregnant?"

Juliette seemed to have caught something and squinted her eyes, glancing at her.

"Judging from your tone, did you already suspect beforehand that she's pregnant? What about her?Does she know?" At that point, Juliette couldn't hold back a frown.

If Minerva was to scurry all over the place even after knowing that she was pregnant, then theoutcome... might really be quite terrible.

"It was just a hunch. I talked with Minerva at that time, and both of us were uncertain. She was stillplanning on getting checked out thoroughly after the wedding. I didn't expect..."

The two of them remained silent and they didn't continue the topic further.

A moment later, Vera stepped forward and took the towel from Juliette's hand. She said softly, "Letme do it. I used to take care of her when she was sick. I know some of her habits."

As long as it would help Minerva recover, Juliette would naturally accept. She quickly handed thetowel to Vera.

It was Vera's turn to take care of her.

Minerva had been having a high fever all the while. It might be because of that that she startedmuttering to herself from time to time, but it was obvious that those were the ramblings of anunconscious person.

Vera could only comfort her gently and look after her.

Quill and the doctor came in several times.

It was only at midnight that Minerva's fever finally subsided, and her breathing gradually calmeddown. Vera was standing by the bed, recalling the news she had seen before she came.

According to the news, the survivors who were saved on the first day were sent to the hospital.

However, after the thunderstorm, they could only find corpses and no living survivors.

The rescue team had gone out on the second day and they came back with only corpses.

However, according to Quill, Maddox was still nowhere to be found. That meant that he was notamong the survivors rescued on the first day. Then... Where was his body?

It wasn't a simple feat for Maddox and Minerva to have gotten together. Why had fate broken themup this way?

At that thought, Vera could not suppress the stinging feeling in her eyes, and she burst into tears.

"Maddox... Come back..."

Just as she was about to start wailing, Minerva, who was quietly lying on the side, suddenlymuttered something in her sleep. However, her voice was so soft that Vera had to lean over to hearwhat she was saying.

When she heard that Minerva was calling out Maddox's name, she feared up even more.

"Minerva, don't worry... Maddox would never leave you sad and alone. He will definitely come back."

The next day, after everyone had had their breakfast, Minerva woke up.

The high fever had left some after- effects. When she woke up, she found that she didn't have muchcontrol over her limbs; her muscles were hurting, and her head was heavy. It was very difficult forher to sit up.

"Minerva, you're finally awake. I'll help you up."

Vera leaned over to help her sit up, then she sat on the edge of the bed.

Quill and Juliette went over the moment they heard that she had regained consciousness.

Minerva was being propped up by Vera. She raised her head and smiled faintly at Vera. "You'reback?"

Vera was taken aback for a moment and then nodded. "Yes, I am."

"That's good."

Minerva's tone was flat, without any joy or anger. Her voice was just terribly hoarse; her throat wasdry as a desert.

She reached out and patted Vera's hand lightly. Then, she tipped her head up and looked in Quill'sdirection, her face pale.

"Quill, is there any news about Maddox?"

He was speechless.

Juliette and Vera also fell silent.

Minerva had just woken up and the first thing she asked was about Maddox. The three of them didnot know what to reply to her.

However, Vera quickly reacted and said with a smile, "Minerva, since you've just woken up, you'reprobably uncomfortable. You were unconscious for so long too, you must be starving! Do you wantoatmeal? I'll go and prepare some for you. Would you like it savory or sweet?"

Vera's cheerful and quick tone evidently showed how much she wanted to change the topic.

When Juliette heard that, she came to her senses right away too. "That's right, you won't havemuch energy since you just woke up. You should eat something first, and then we'll talk about othermatters after you're done."

Minerva was dumbfounded.novelbin

She stared at the three of them.

The three looked awful, and their dark circles were obvious. It was evident that they were in thatstate because they were taking care of her. If she continued to pursue the matter stubbornly at thatmoment, wouldn't it be unfair to them?

With that in mind, she could only lightly nod and agree.

Vera's eyes lit up. "Would you like some sweet oatmeal?"

"Anything is fine."

"Then I'll get some for you."

Vera quickly got up and got a bowl of oatmeal for Minerva. Sitting down in front of Minerva, Vera'sface beamed with a caring smile. "Here, this is the sweet oatmeal that you liked the most in Hidalgo.I tried it just now. This one is really authentic."

Vera fed Minerva the food.

The sweet oatmeal gave off a saccharine aroma in the air, and its heat gave a reassuring warmth.By right, Minerva should have enjoyed it very much, but when she opened her mouth and ate it, shecouldn't taste the sweetness at all.

It was all bitter.

However, she still ate slowly. Whenever Vera brought the food to her mouth, she swallowedobediently.

Her quiet and obedient demeanor unnerved the three watching her.

Vera's heart gradually began thumping faster. She felt that something was off. Minerva was tooquiet. She didn't resist being fed the oatmeal at all.

It was an extremely abnormal response from her.

How could it be possible that she just mentioned Maddox and now allowed Vera to feed her withoutanother word on the matter?

Just when Vera felt that something was amiss and began feeding her slower, Minerva finallyreacted.

She seemed to be uncomfortable. Suddenly, she bent down and covered her stomach with herhands. Her face was pale as she stared at the floor, and vomited all the oatmeal out.