Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 406

Stella snuggled comfortably into Ronald's warm embrace, finally closing her eyes. Clinging to him felt a lot safer than keeping her distance.

Ronald chuckled softly, sensing her thoughts. "Star."

"Don't talk. I'm really tired."

Ronald's unfinished words were held back by Stella's interjection. She had no interest in hearing another word from Ronald, especially at bedtime. Their conversations had a tendency to veer off into

unpredictable territory.

...

Meanwhile, miles away in Ferrowland, Susanna was burning up with fever. Hull, out of options, called Enzo to get a doctor over.

It was 2 a.m. when Enzo received the call. He was at a local bar, sharing a drink with Barnaby and Silas. "Now?"

"If not, she's going to end up like a roasted turkey," Hull grumbled, clearly frustrated from tending to Susanna.

Enzo, sensing Hull's irritation, felt his heart lurched and dared not press further. "Alright, right away."

He hung up and immediately called the team doctor, urging him to get to Hull's villa pronto.

After making the call, Enzo realized something was off. "I need to head over to the boss's place."

doc over? Did the boss... with that

a hand over his mouth, preventing him from uttering

knew Enzo couldn't keep a secret to save his life. If this got back

forced a laugh as he gazed at Enzo. "He's had too much to drink.

another word, Enzo

of his head. "Have you lost your mind? If you're drunk, just

why are you blabbering

even say anything

you had, you wouldn't be saying anything else for the rest of

keep Barnaby and Finley apart. Put them together, and chaos was bound

ensue.

...

Hull's arm, delirious with fever and mumbling "Mom"

was already exhausted, having spent the day negotiating with the Doyne family. The last thing he wanted

throw you at the Quinn family estate." Either way, she'd be

Enzo. Seeing Susanna's high fever, he quickly administered an injection and then turned to Hull. "Her fever's quite high. We need

"And what's that?"

to wipe her

and then looked back at the doctor. The

hesitated, "Uh, Silas and the guys are still at the bar. I should

no idea what Susanna meant to Hull, he should definitely not

thought, for

an ordinary person, and in that case, there would be no reason