Chapter 519

"Ryan, is Eloise feeling better? Sherry told us that you were treating her." "What?" At that moment, Ryan felt so awkward that he just wanted to disappear into a hole. He was afraid of getting on Sherry's nerves again. To his surprise, Sherry was rather calm and even had a little smile on her face. He had to explain himself if he didn't want the women to think of him as a philandering bastard. "It's not what it looks like…" Ryan checked to make sure Eloise was asleep before continuing to speak. "Eloise was having muscle spasms and a fever when I arrived at the cave. I covered her with all the blankets because she said she was cold, but it didn't help; she was still freezing. "Just then, I remembered the wine from last time. Since drinking alcohol could make you feel warm, I gave her a few sips. But as you know, the wine's a bit dodgy, so…" Eloise would have died of embarrassment if she had been awake. The women chose to believe Ryan—not that it mattered anyway since th