Jeremy smiled and said, “Please open the door and let me in to give her a checkup.”
“That won’t do,” Heidi said, fearing he would find out that Jessica’s milk had been spiked with contraceptive pills. “Ms. Marsh’s wounds aren’t located at a spot where a male doctor should check. Why don’t you just pass me the medicine?”
“I don’t need to examine her; I just need to ask her a few questions,” Jeremy insisted, dropping the polite demeanor. “Move aside.”
Heidi was afraid that Jeremy would realize something was amiss if she continued to protest. Furthermore, the doctor was Wyatt’s friend.
Left without a choice, she opened the door and invited Jeremy into the room. She took a look to see whether Jessica was done with her food so that she could take the tray away, only to realize in shock that Jessica did not drink the milk at all.
“Please leave the room,” Jeremy said to Heidi. “I don’t like people disturbing me while I work.”
“I… I’ll take the tray away then.” The more Heidi looked at the milk, the more panicked she became. “Ms. Marsh, was the breakfast this morning not to your liking? I’ll get you a different serving.”
However, Jeremy stopped Heidi in her tracks. With a smile, he said, “Please leave it. After I take her blood, she’ll need to have some sweet stuff.”
Right as Heidi parted her lips to say something, Jeremy added, “Please head out for now.”
Hence, Heidi had no choice but to exit the room.
Once the two of them were the only ones in the room, Jeremy finally had the time to take in Jessica’s physical state. She looked much thinner, and her face was pale. It was a stark contrast from what she used to be like.
Furthermore, she was covered in bruises.
“Wyatt…” Jeremy wanted to make a comment, but he soon realized it was not his place to intervene. Thus, he shook his head and walked over to open his medical kit instead.
He then asked Jessica, “Can I do a blood test for you?”
Jessica pursed her lips in silence, but she stretched out her arm for him.
Jeremy then pricked her index finger and let the blood drip on the blood-sampling device.
In less than ten seconds, the device came up with the results of Jessica’s physical condition.
After reading the report, Jeremy said to her, “Your body is fine, but you’re anemic and malnourished. You have to eat your fill for the three meals of the day, and you should eat more meat.”
In the middle of his long speech, he realized he was not receiving any reaction from Jessica. Massaging the bridge of his nose, he asked, “Are you not talking to me because of Wyatt?”
Jessica shook her head.
“Then why aren’t you reacting to anything I’m saying to you?” Jeremy asked, confused.
Jessica then walked over to the bedside table to grab a piece of paper and a pen. After writing on the paper, she showed it to him. My throat isn’t feeling well. I can’t talk.
“Are your tonsils inflamed?”
When he saw her shake her head again, he reached out to touch her throat before asking, “Does it hurt? When did you lose your voice? Did it hurt at the time?”
Jessica wrote: I couldn’t speak after getting a cold.
“Having a cold is a different matter; it has nothing to do with your vocal cords.” Jeremy glanced at the milk on the table. When he thought about how Heidi was fumbling around earlier, he realized something.
At that realization, he took out a few bottles of medicine from his kit.
Once he was done making the prescription, he handed it to Jessica. “Pour a little of this into a glass of warm water and drink it when you wake every day. If you still can’t speak after a week, have your housekeeper call me.”
A bitter smile appeared on Jessica’s face. She seemed reluctant to take the medicine, but in the end, she still did.
Jeremy then gave her two medicinal creams. When he realized it was getting late, he packed up his medical kit. Before he left, he poured a little of the milk into a bottle and took it with him.
Heidi was waiting outside the entire time.
The moment Jeremy emerged from the room, she went over to him and asked, “Is Ms. Marsh fine?”
“Are you hoping that she isn’t?” Jeremy questioned.
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