Hearing Ashley's words, Andrew slowed his pace down a bit but he still continued walking.
Seeing that Andrew was about to walk out of the room, Ashley yelled at him with a shrill voice, "Andrew, you can't leave. If you walk out of the room now, I will forget that you ever existed!"
Ashley was sure that she clearly saw something. When she held Andrew's hand, she felt his body temperature soaring.
Andrew stood there like a headstone in the dead of night. Beads of sweat were forming on his brow as he was at a loss on what he should do.
Actually, he had reconciled with Ashley a few minutes ago and he told her that he didn't want to leave.
However, he couldn't hide what happened to him if he didn't leave as soon as possible.
While Andrew was wrestling with his thoughts on what he should do, Ashley walked over to him, held his arms and rolled up his sleeves. Sure enough, she saw some dense red spots on Andrew's arms. It seemed that Andrew was having some sort of allergy attack.
Ashley looked at Andrew and worriedly asked him what happened to his arms.
Andrew didn't want Ashley to know the truth. He hid his arms behind his back, but his hands were currently being held tightly by Ashley. He was afraid that Ashley might fall down to the ground again if he pulled his hands back violently.
Andrew licked his lips and sealed his mouth, preventing any words to escape.
Seeing Andrew like this, Ashley couldn't help being anxious. "Andrew, what is going on? If you don't tell me, then I won't tell you anything about me," she told him with a concerned look on her face.
Andrew grew anxious after hearing those words. Looking at Ashley, Andrew couldn't find the right words to describe or explain what was happening to him. "Ash, don't worry. I'm just suffering from an allergy. I'll be fine after taking some medicine."
'Allergy?
It seems that Andrew hasn't eaten anything that may make his allergies to act up, ' thought Ashley.
Later, she thought of the first time they had dinner. She remembered that she had seen similar spots on Andrew's body.
They ate many Sichuan dishes which were especially spicy during that day.
Ashley liked to eat spicy food. She also cooked several spicy dishes for dinner and served Andrew those dishes earlier.
Ashley looked at Andrew and felt sorry. She said, "You can eat spicy food, right?"
Andrew panicked as he saw that Ashley was on the verge of crying again. He had just reconciled with her and didn't want her to bawl her eyes out again because of him.
Andrew leaned close to Ashley and wanted to touch her. However, Ashley stepped back to avoid being touched but she didn't release Andrew's hand.
Andrew didn't expect that Ashley would behave like this. He stood still, seemingly overwhelmed by what's happening. "Ash…"
Ashley sniffed her nose and tried not to let her tears fall. "Tell me, please. Are you allergic to peppers?"
Seeing Ashley being so persistent with her questions, Andrew knew that Ashley would ignore him if he didn't tell her the truth.
Andrew then sat down and slowly said, "Yes. I am allergic to peppers. But…"
Before Andrew could finish saying his words, Ashley's tears started to fall.
It is true that women were made from water.
Andrew finally held Ashley's hand and softly said, "Ash, please don't cry."
Ashley knew that she shouldn't cry at that moment but she couldn't help herself.
'Andrew knew that he is allergic to peppers. Why did he still calmly eat all the food that I served him?' thought Ashley.
Ashley wiped away his tears casually and asked, "Where is your allergy medicine? Do you have your antihistamines with you?"
Andrew felt lucky that Francis had left a bottle of allergy medicine here when he came.
Andrew stood up and said, "They are in the bedroom. I'll go and take some now."
Ashley stopped Andrew and said, "Tell me where they are. I will bring them to you."
"They are on the bedside table. The medicine is in a small white bottle that doesn't have any label," replied Andrew.
Francis specifically prescribed that medicine after he diagnosed Andrew of allergies. That was why the bottle did not have any labels.
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