Chapter 1073
Steve put his hand on Thirza's forehead. Her forehead was burning hot. D*mn it, Thirza had a fever. "Thirza, Thirza." He called Thirza's name, and Thirza struggled to open her eyes and look at him.
"Steve."
"How come you got a fever? Everything was fine yesterday. I'll take you to the hospital right away." Steve quickly grabbed a piece of clothes and put it on Thirza. He then carried her downstairs. Evalyn was already waiting downstairs. "Steve, let's go."
It was not until she saw Steve holding her in his arms that she felt that something was wrong. Thirza was still wearing her nightdress and a coat over it, even still barefooted.
"What's wrong with Thirza?"
"She has a fever."
"I'll have the assistant send her to the hospital. I've already booked the place at the hot spring."
Hearing what she said, Steve's eyes became cold. "Say it again!"
Evalyn had never seen Steve's cold gaze. She felt that if she said another word, Steve would eat her whole.
"I..."
"Piss off. You're in my way." Steve didn't want to talk anymore with her. How could she have said those words, letting the assistant take Thirza to the hospital?
Evalyn looked at Steve's back as he left hurriedly. She couldn't tolerate being treated like this. She was also a CEO of a business empire!
Thirza. Thirza again. She wasn't even his daughter, why did he have to do all this?
How could she know what Thirza meant to Steve?
"Steve, I'm fine. You can go to the hot spring with Evalyn," Thirza said weakly in Steve's arms.
"Idiot, how could I leave you alone? Don't say a word, I'll take you to the hospital right away. Thirza, you'll be fine soon."
In the past, Thirza had been ill, but that was just a small cold. She had never had to go through something this serious, her body burning like a furnace.
Steve was extremely scared. He clearly knew that Thirza was just having a cold, but for him, it was as if the world was collapsing around him.
She was sent to the emergency room. The doctor thought it was a serious heart attack, but it turned out to be a cold.
Seeing Thirza's weak and pale face as she was being treated, Steve's heart was filled with guilt.
"It must be the ice cream yesterday, or did Thirza catch a cold during the night?"
However, it had been quite hot recently, how could she have caught a cold overnight?
Steve didn't know how Thirza got ill. He blamed everything on himself for not taking care of her.
"Steve, I'm fine. I'm really fine."
Thirza only intended to fall ill to keep Steve from going with Evalyn but she didn't expect Steve would be so devastated.
If she had known, she wouldn't have gone this far and Steve wouldn't be so afraid and worried.
"How can you be fine? You are burning like a fireball! How did this happen?"
Thirza did not dare to look him in the eye. How could she dare to say that she was ill because she took a cold bath all night on purpose?This material belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.
"I don't know, I really don't."
"It's all my fault. I didn't take good care of you."
"It's not like that. It's no one's fault. And besides, it's just a minor cold. I'll be okay in no time." Thirza tried to comfort Steve.
Thanks to the doctor's efforts, her fever soon subsided, but she was still very weak and soon fell asleep.
Adrian did not leave her side for a second. Evalyn chased after him to the hospital. When he saw Steve, who was standing motionless by the hospital bed, she felt yet again that Steve was a bit too good to Thirza.
"Steve, how is Thirza?" Evalyn came with the food box. It was already noon.
"The fever has subsided. But she's exhausted from the heat and is sleeping."
"At least eat something, it's almost the afternoon," Evalyn said gently as she took out the food box. "No, I'm not hungry."
Now Thirza was unconscious, he couldn't eat anything at all.
He refused to do anything but staying beside Thirza's bed, waiting for her condition to stabilize.
Steve said to Evalyn downstairs, "Miss Clemons, I have to take care of Thirza for a short period of time to come. I'm afraid I won't have time to spend with you. I'm sorry." Evalyn felt a tinge of bitterness in her heart. She, for now, could confirm that she was jealous of Thirza.
Although she was a little unhappy in her heart, she still had a smile on her face. "It doesn't matter. We will have time later to catch up. But it wouldn't be too convenient for you to take care of her yourself. Why don't I come over and cook for you two?"
"It's okay. I know how to take care of her. Besides, Thirza doesn't like others to come to our house." Steve said directly.
He still remembered clearly how she and he spent a whole month eating at restaurants when Lucille was around the house.
Evalyn's expression was solemn. "Steve, don't you think you've spoiled her too much? What do you take her for?"
Steve glanced at the girl in his arms. Of course, he knew that he was pampering her.
He used to do this with Tracey and then now Thirza. He would get everything as long as Thirza asked for it, even if it was a star in the galaxy.
At first, he thought it was because
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Thirza was Tracey's kid. But every time she smiled at him, he felt like his heart was about to melt down not to mention when he witnessed her walk for the first time, call out his name for the first time, and wave her hand at him for the first time.
He had become accustomed to spoiling her, not just because she was Tracey's daughter.
"I only know that she is very important to me."
"But you have to get married and have children. You have to live your own life."
"So the prerequisite for my marriage is that whoever it is must accept Thirza. Miss Clemons, I told you about that at the beginning. If you mind, we don't need to meet in the future." Steve said mercilessly. He seemed not to care about whether Evalyn would leave at all.
"Steve, she is not your child. Even if she is lodging in your home now, there will be a day when she will leave. How long can you pamper her?"
"As long as she stays by my side, I'll spoil her for the rest of my days."
"You... are completely hopeless." Evalyn stormed out angrily. "Then you can spend the rest of your life with her!"
Steve did not apologize and returned to the apartment with a smile.
Looking at the little girl who was sleeping soundly, he knew that one day Thirza would leave him when she grew up. She would have a boyfriend, and she would like someone. Thinking that one day Thirza would leave him, his heart felt like it was being gnawed on by millions of ants.
Why didn't he want her to leave at all?
The sleeping girl opened her eyes and looked at Steve with blinking eyes.
"Steve, will you really pamper me all the time?"
"Yes. As long as you're by my side, I'll always dote on you."
"Then I'll always be by your side."
"Stupid girl, when birds grow up, they will leave the nest to find their own new life, and so will you."