Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 15 Catching a Cold

After Dr. Louise arrived, he took Erin’s temperature and prescribed her some medicine. He also gave her a shot to reduce her fever. Originally the shot was to be administered at her posterior as it was the most effective, but Chandler didn’t allow that.

In the end, the shot was administered to her hand. This procedure could’ve been done in a few minutes but in the end, it became a 20-minute affair. While waiting for the device to administer the shot, Alan Louise sat in a corner, watching as Chandler stood. He had a hint of a smile on his face.

“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I would never believe it. This is your first time bringing a woman home right?”

Chandler’s eyes flashed and mumbled, “Who said it’s the first time?”

“Oh, who did you bring home then?” Alan asked, disbelief coloring his face.

“Why are you talking so much? I called you here to help her.” Chandler’s expression showed that he did not want to continue with this conversation. Seeing his reluctance, Alan also stopped asking.

The two men sat in silence for five minutes before Alan said, “Did you know that Claire is back?”

Chandler intentionally made his tone indifferent. “Yeah.”

Alan glanced at him and continued, “I heard that she’s back for good. She broke up with Matthew Burgess.”

This news shocked Chandler, but all he said was, “Okay, what does that have to do with me?”

didn’t reply, after all, his role as the messenger was already completed. Once the needle was removed,

but Alan to him at the front door and said, “Chandler, next time you can just call me directly, you don’t need to ask Kyle to call. I have always kept my work and personal life separate. Besides,

“Thanks.”

thanked Alan both for attending to Erin and for

“Then, I’ll

wearing a bathrobe. He looked at the

easier for him to check up on her condition. Chandler lay down next to her after removing his bathrobe. Just

middle of the night, Erin started tossing and turning in bed, searching for a way to cool herself. A pair of small arms wrapped themselves around Chandler’s back and even her face was pressed to his

shot open in an instant. Tonight, since a woman was sleeping here and for the first time in his life, he was unable to sleep. These hands were also wandering to places they shouldn’t be, and Chandler’s eyes darkened. He turned

seems like the fever shot had not taken effect yet. Her body

and he lowly said to her, “Your fever has not gone down yet, but you

then descended onto her neck. Erin groggily woke up from her sleep and blurrily made out a man’s

nearly screamed in fear but Chandler

that it was him. At least it wasn’t a stranger. Now that she was awake, Chandler didn’t want to

said you

but to him, but it sounded like she

eyes, and he whispered in

tired and I don’t

was both painful and pleasurable which was

a fever, you

to resist. In the end, she could only pass out from the drowsiness. After about two hours, even Chandler had

sweaty body out from underneath the blankets and carried her to the bathroom to clean up. After the shower, Chandler held her in his arms and slept. She slept until ten

got up and realized that she was in a man’s bedroom. After sweating so much yesterday, Erin’s fever had already subsided. Her hands and feet were numb as she walked over to her bag and pulled out her phone. Alarm bells rang in her head. It was the designer from her department

picked up

Look at the time! Why the fuck aren’t you at work? Where are the retouched pictures from yesterday night? Have you completed them? Do you know how long I have been waiting for