Chapter 53

Triffany arrived home by seven o'clock in the evening, she went upstairs to the room and was surprised to see Carlos at home and asleep at this time.



She shrugged and went in to take her bath and changed her dress. When she came out she picked up her laptop and went through her emails.



There was the file Tommy sent her to for editing, she went through the first two lines wondering how she will go about it.



She looked over at Carlos who was still asleep and she wished he was awake to give her some hints.



This was also the first time she has seen him sleeping this early, she heard his phone ring and went close to see who it was.



She knitted her brow when she saw it was Kelsey, she sighed and look at Carlos who was still asleep. "Should I wake him or not? Well, whatever." She muttered to herself and went back to the couch.



She picked her laptop again. "He has ears to hear his phone ringing." She looked at the file on her laptop again trying hard to concentrate but the phone was still ringing.



She bites her lower lips. "I should probably wake him to take his calls, he loves her." Triffany exhaled softly and walked over to the bed.



"Carlos." She called out softly. "Carlos, hey." She touched him when he did not respond and was surprised at how hot his body was.



He opened his eyes and look up at her. "What?" He asked as she took her hands off him.



She poi6at his phone that was ringing. "Your phone is ringing, it's from Kelsey."



Carlos looked at the phone and turned it off. "I told you never to check my phone."



Triffany scoffed. "I had to because your ringing phone was distracting me and you couldn't hear it even when it is so close to you."



Carlos sneezed. "Can you stop talking to me? Go away." He puts his hands over his eyes.



Triffany looked at him for a while. "Are you sick?" She touched his hand. "You're burning up."



Carlos pushed her hands away. "Get away from me." He ordered.



Triffany did not budge. "You have a high fever, you should go to the hospital."



"Can you please mind your business?"



Triffany rolled her eyes. "I thought you have a high IQ, you should know when to see a doctor and you're rich enough to pay your bill's."



Carlos closed his eyes. "I don't have the energy to talk to you so just go away."



Triffany exhaled softly, she doesn't know why he was acting this way but she knows that deep inside her was something she can't resist doing.



"I can't leave you like this." She went downstairs and put some cube of ice into a large bowl, she picked up a clean white towel and made a warm lime tea then heads upstairs with it.



"Hey." She called out softly and puts the lime tea on the stool next to him. "You should drink this." She told him as he opened his eyes.



Carlos looked at the lime tea in his front. "I don't want to."



"Do you want to die? Huh!" She asked in a loud voice that surprised Carlos. "Why are you being so stubborn when you are this sick." She poured some of the tea into a glass. "Drink this."



Carlos looked at her for a while. "You might have poisoned it."



Triffany signed. "You're lucky you're sick." She calmed herself down. "It's not poisoned."



Carlos looked at her and then sat up gently as she gave him the glass of warm lime tea. "Drink it all, it would help your cold." Carlos gently drinks the lime tea and hands her the glass before he lay on the bed.



Triffany puts the ice cube into the white towel and gently placed it on his forehead. "This will reduce your high body temperature." She looked at him. "Have you eaten dinner?"



"I'm not hungry."



Triffany shakes her head, she thought he was wiser than this but he was just so stupid. "I will be right back."



She left the room and heads to the kitchen when she prepared porridge for him, just like her mother does for her whenever she was sick.



She went upstairs with a plate of warm porridge. "Get up, you should eat something." She set the porridge down and helped him to sit on his bed, supporting his back with some pillow.



"I'm not hungry." He told her again.



Triffany ignored him and lifts a spoonful of the porridge to his lips. "Here, eat up." Carlos looked at her knowing he can't stop her now, he began to eat as she feeds him until he was satisfied. "Eat more." She urges him.



"I'm filled up now." He drank some water and lay his back down on his bed.



Triffany put away the plate. "I will go prepare a hot bath for you, wait up." She went into the bathroom and mixed the water in the bathtub, then came out.



"You should take your bath now, I have prepared your water, take off your shirt." She told him as she packed her hair.



Carlos looked at her as he sat up. "I can bath myself."



Triffany scoffed and rolled her eyes. "I'm not asking to bath you, this is as far as I can go. Take your bath and change into something warm."



She helped him up. "I will dress your bed before you come out." He went in to take his bed as she dressed his bed.



After dressing it and putting the plates, glass and bowls away, his phone began to ring again, she saw the call was from Kelsey, she turned to see Carlos who had just come out of the bathroom dressed in his robe.



"Are you sure you don't want to take that call?" She asked him, pointing at his ringing phone.



Carlos lay on his bed. "Is your pride not hurt?" He asked her and Triffany looked at him surprised. "You're married to me and yet you still want me to take another lady's call. Don't you feel hurt or annoyed?"



"You love this lady, so what's wrong?" She furrowed her brow. "We are the only ones here so stop acting like a typical husband, we both know we don't love each other."



She bites her lower lips in anger. "We're only in this marriage because of your company, you're free to take any calls you want to and from whoever."



Carlos looked at her and scoffed. "Are you done?" He rolled his eyes and turned his back at her.



Triffany grits her teeth. "Seeing you have this much energy to make me angry I'm sure you are okay now." She groaned.



"I'm so tired." She stretched her body as Carlos looked at her. "All I get from you was an earful."



She touched his forehead to feel his body temperature and smile. "Your fever has reduced, next time please visit the doctor, because nursing you is so unbearable."



Carlos pushed her hands away from his forehead. "You know what? You should just go and sleep. You're so loud." He closed his eyes.



Triffany sighed. "That's the thanks I get." She went back to her couch and lay down as she turned off the lights. She was already tired so she slept off immediately.