SUDDEN MARRIAGE

Five

I went back with all the medicine that Mark has inside his kitchen. I puff out a breath as I make my way beside him and grab the perfect medicine for high hever.

"Hey..." Mark says in a groggy voice. "I'm sorry for snapping. I didn't mean to cut you off earlier. I just got pissed. I'm sorry."

Mark has always been like this. He is very sensitive to what I feel and what I would feel. He makes sure that he could apologize even before I could even fuss about the things that I am disappointed about.

I guess it's not too bad having Mark here, although I still don't like the idea of being his husband. The pain from when he left me still hurts and it resurfaced.

"It's okay..." I huff and place the medicine on his hands. He took it inside his mouth and asked for some water which I immediately gave.

He coughed and removed his tie totally off his neck. "I'll rest on the couch."

"No!" I refuse and push him to bed. "Just stay there!"

"How about you?" He quirks a brow.

"I'll stay on the couch." I replied and shrugged. "And watch over you... Or do you want Karina to take care of you?"

"No, no." He shook his head violently. "Of course, not. I'd rather have you take care of me."

My lips were tweaked. "Mark..."

"Hmm?" He asks with a groan and eyes shut as he plops on the bed. "Yes?"

I wanted to ask if I could make a deal with him about this. If I do this for a certain amount of time, I'd ask him to let me out of his grip and in this marriage. I wanted to ask him that.

But he seems so weak and fragile at the moment. He might snap if he's not in a good mood so I have to take care of him, for him to heal.

I tug his sleeves. "Nothing... I just thought it'd be better if you remove this and change into a shirt."

"I would but my arms hurt like a bitch." He sniffed. "So do my shoulders."

"I will help you." I utter in a shy voice, afraid that he might cut me off and laugh at me but he cracks his eyes open and sits up.

With both his hands he opens his buttons, leaving his chest bare and open in the air. I gulp as I try to get the polo off him. I've succeeded after fighting the urge of holding his bulky shoulders.

Damn.

"I'll get you a shirt." I breathe out, then grab the largest one I have in my closet to make him wear it around him.

Still, his eyes are shut tight.

"Can you turn the air conditioner off please? Fuck. It's so cold." He shivers and I was quick to follow it.

When I came back, he's already sleeping on the bed and his soft snores became audible for me. I pace around to find a small piece of cloth and when I found one, I soaked it with cold water and placed it on top of Mark's forehead.

He's sweating and he's so red. Mark got this high fever because he chased me late at night in the rain and not to mention that he was already fatigued before that.

I don't want to think that it's my fault though, because in the first place, he was the one who bought me to be his husband. I was trapped in this mess and all I wanted was to go out. I never wanted him to be sick.

I walked towards the couch after checking him and tried to get some sleep. I stared into the ceiling and a second later, I fell asleep.