Noticing that Preslie had excused herself to the bathroom again because she was feeling warm, Sheldon went to turn on the air conditioning again.
Even though he was feeling cold, he didn't mind it for Preslie's sake!
Preslie washed her face again in the bathroom.
After washing it several times, she noticed her face wasn't as red as it was earlier.
After she had calmed down, she started talking to herself in the mirror, "Preslie, Preslie, Preslie. Keep it together! Mr. Hawls is just being polite. Don't get the wrong idea!"
She then pointed to herself in the mirror. "Stop blushing! You hear me?!"
"Okay, I'll remember!" She then lifted her small fist up into the air as she muttered to herself, "No blushing!"
After stepping out of the bathroom, a gust of cold wind blew past which caused Preslie to shiver. Sheldon saw her walking in and said, "You said you were feeling warm, so I turned the air conditioner on again."
Preslie was quiet.
She had wanted to tell him that she wasn't actually feeling warm at all, in fact it was quite cold... but she didn't have the nerve to tell him, so she kept quiet.
The both of them sat back down again. They were quiet and didn't say a word to each other.
Neither of them dared to mention how cold it was until Yesseca stepped in.
Yesseca had come back in to get something and was surprised at how cold it was.
She immediately switched off the air conditioner and said, "You two may be feeling warm, but it's much too cold in here!"
As soon as she said this, Preslie sneezed.
Seeing both Yesseca and Sheldon looking at her, Preslie then said, "Yeah, it is really cold."
Yesseca looked at her quietly.
Sheldon did the same.
Even though she hated Tremaine, she didn't hate Sheldon.
Sheldon wasn't a bad man.
If Preslie really liked Sheldon and if he was willing to be with her, then she would wholeheartedly support them. She wasn't going to be biased towards him because he worked for Tremaine.
Just as Yesseca was deep in her thoughts, she suddenly snapped back to reality as she heard Sheldon say, "Preslie, maybe you should go to the hospital to get a check up."
Yesseca was quiet.
After he said this, Yesseca cleared her mind and realized that Preslie had sneezed several times in a row.
"We should get you to a hospital right away." Yesseca said this right away. "The temperature on the air conditioning had been set really low earlier. You might have caught a cold!"
She had no idea how both Sheldon and Preslie could both feel warm earlier. The air was so cold inside the store that the moment she walked in she felt goosebumps all over her body!
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