He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 466

"Just give me a minute to breathe, please?" she pleaded, her voice paper-thin. "I don't have the energy to fight or argue with you right now. I..."

Before she could finish, her physical and mental exhaustion reached a breaking point. Her knees buckled, and she pitched forward.

Both men instantly reached out, but out of pure instinct, she collapsed in Julian’s direction.

As he caught her, he immediately realized she was burning up like a furnace. Panic seized him, and he opened his mouth to shout for a doctor, but Yardley aggressively shoved himself into Julian’s space, grabbing his arm with a terrifyingly dark look in his eyes.

"That’s my wife! Let go of her! I've got her!"

"Are you out of your mind right now?" Julian roared, desperate. "She’s burning up! She’s running a massive fever! Get out of my way!"

Shaking off the grip, Julian effortlessly hoisted her into his arms and sprinted toward the nurses' station.

"We need a doctor, now! She’s passed out and running a high fever! Hurry!"

Holding her tight against his chest, he could feel the unnatural, radiating heat seeping through her clothes. But worse than the fever was the jarring realization of how frighteningly light she was. She felt practically hollow, her sharp bones digging into his arms.

He remembered her as a bright, chubby-cheeked little girl. To see her reduced to this fragile shell... It was from years of emotional neglect. It was from a botched postpartum recovery. It was the physical toll of childbirth, compounded by the endless, vicious torment her in-laws had subjected her to ever since.

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