I didn't respond. And I just hugged Nancy.
She hadn't yet stabilized her emotions completely. So I dared not to ask her about what had happened. Neither did I dare to move.
I was afraid that if I asked a question or loosened my grip, Nancy would pull her hair.
I hugged Nancy like this for more than half an hour.
During this period, Nancy had been staring in the direction of the bathroom. And she kept waving her hands up and down.
Moreover, she kept touching the part between her legs from time to time.
It seemed that she felt very uncomfortable there.
"Nancy, Nancy, go take a shower. I'll help you."
I felt that no matter how hard Nancy tried, her body temperature wouldn't go down. Only then did I realize that she had taken a dose of strong medicine.
However, there was no other way.
Nancy nodded and followed me to the bathroom. After the shower head was turned on, the warm water fell, making both Nancy's body and my body soaked wet.
Nancy lowered her head as the water poured on her body. But she still kept touching herself with her hands.
In the sounds of the water flowing, I heard her saying, "Charlotte Archer, I'm not feeling well. Find a man for me."
"... Well, hold onto it. It won't be long before it's over."
Only a few men were living in such a large resort.
And they were two male colleagues who took part in the final with us, Patrick, and Jeremy.
Patrick's bodyguards lived here as well.
In my opinion, it was she who would be the one to suffer the loss if I asked a random man to help her relieve the "poison".
Time ticked by.
I accompanied Nancy to stand in the water for nearly an hour.
Only by doing so did the heat in Nancy's body gradually subside. And she stopped moving her hands haphazardly. After that, she leaned against my body as if she were exhausted.
She whispered, "Thank you."
"It's okay." Knowing that the effect of Nancy's medicine should be almost subsided, I hugged her and turned off the shower head. Then I took a bath towel from the side and wrapped her up, saying, "Clean your body. I'll get you some clothes with which you can get changed first."
It was summer now. Although it was at night, it was still very hot here. As long as she got changed into a set of dry clothes, her body and hair would dry soon.
After she changed her clothes, I also dried myself and made her a cup of hot tea. Then I asked her, "What happened?"
Nancy took the water over and shook her head confusedly, "I don't know. I only remember that I went back to my room to work on the design after dinner. I suddenly felt thirsty in my mouth and hot in my body. But I don't remember what happened later."
"Then where... where did you have dinner?"
"In the restaurant. Everyone was basically here."
Looking at the depressed look on Nancy's face, I couldn't help but ask, "Then, among so many rooms, why did you go to Patrick's room..."
In fact, as soon as I finished my words, I regretted it.
Nancy's words that day had actually revealed her standpoint.
Her feelings for Patrick had gone beyond what a subordinate should feel for her superior.
This kind of medicine probably could reveal people's true thoughts.
Seeing that I didn't finish my words, Nancy had guessed what I was thinking about. She smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I don't know why I went to his place. Maybe I had such a thought in my heart." "But don't worry." Nancy looked at me, "Mr. Cowell won't fall in love with me. I took a look at him when I left. I stood naked in front of him and threw myself into his arms. He didn't have any reaction. It seems that he indeed isn't interested in me."
"He..."
I wanted to comfort Nancy. But I couldn't help but think of the good days I had enjoyed with Patrick.
At that time, he couldn't be more lustful.
Nancy looked at me and curled up the corner of her eyes, "You're blushing. What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing."
I shook my head.
Nancy reached out to hug me and said softly, "Thank you, Charlotte Archer. If it weren't for you this time, I probably wouldn't have the courage to live on anymore."
"I was late there. If I had been there earlier, I probably would have gone ahead of the colleagues..."
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