"Oh no!" When Lucas saw that Marianne had hit her head, he was startled for a while before helping her up. "I'm sorry, Marianne. I didn't do it on purpose."
"You're so caring, Marianne, " remarked Rogan mockingly. "Sir Lucas is an adult, yet he still needs someone to feed him, huh?"
Rogan's personality had always been straightforward and hot-tempered, so she spoke anything that was on her mind.
"As Lucas is having a high fever, he's really weak. That's why I'm helping him take his medicine." Still polite, Marianne ignored the wound on her forehead and explained with her head lowered, "Don't misunderstand, Ms. Lierger!"
"I won't. We're a family, anyway." Carla smiled. "Is your forehead alright?"
"I'm fine." Holding her forehead, Marianne said humbly, "Since you're already here, I'll leave first."
She bowed and left.
Rogan and the other two maids tidied the place and headed out too, leaving only Lucas and Carla in the room.
Lucas quickly explained, "Carla…"
"Are you having a fever?" interrupted Carla. When she touched his forehead, it felt quite warm. "What happened? Didn't you take the medicine?"
"I did." Lucas nodded. "I drank the herbal concoction that Sam sent last night and this morning. However, since I still feel uncomfortable, Marianne sent me some medicine."
"You can't take both of them together, right?" Carla glanced at the medicine on the table, frowning. "Change your clothes. I'll take you to Dr. Feroma."
"He already came half an hour ago." Lucas looked a bit troubled. "My mom was here too and they had a discussion. She said that my body's more suited for western medicine, so…"
"Okay, then." Although Carla felt quite speechless, she understood where Lisa was coming from. "I understand that perspective can be different, so I respect Lady Lisa's choice."
"Do you think that Dr. Feroma will be upset?" Lucas was nervous. "I wanted to apologize and explain to him earlier, but he left quickly, saying that he needed to prepare the other medicine."
"It's fine. He's not that petty, okay?" Carla smiled. "Since Lady Lisa has already prescribed some medicine for you, take them on time and rest well."
With that, she prepared to leave.
"Carla!" Lucas quickly pulled her back. "Can't you keep me company?"
Carla was about to refuse when she saw how pale and weak Lucas was. As he peered at her pitifully, she could not bear to reject him so harshly. "Fine, I'll stay for a while."
"That's great!" Lucas was overjoyed.
"Lie down." Carla helped him to the sofa, draped a blanket over him and poured him a glass of water. "Since you've already taken your medicine, drink some water and rest."
"Okay." Lucas leaned against the cushion tiredly and sniffed.
"Your body is really…" Looking at how weak he was, Carla could not help but frown. "You need to do more exercise in the future."
"I do exercise! I rarely get sick, so I don't know what's up with me this time, " explained Lucas. "Carla, can you sit closer to me?"
"Have a good rest, " instructed Carla before grabbing a book and reading it on the sofa.
Although Lucas felt disappointed, he was already delighted that he could see her.
Unknowingly, he drifted off to sleep. Carla placed her book down, tucked him in and was about to leave the room when she discovered that the door could not be opened.
Frowning, she tried turning the doorknob a few more times, but it would not budge.
The door seemed to be locked from outside.
Although Carla was speechless, she did not make a fuss and merely returned to the sofa to read.
After a while, Rogan's voice sounded from outside. "Are you still inside, Ms. Lierger?"
"Yes, " replied Carla. "Open the door."
"That's weird! Why is the door locked?"
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