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."

wondered, "You're sending the doc over? Did

his mouth, preventing him from

his life. If this got back to the boss, Barnaby would be

he gazed at Enzo. "He's had too much

another word, Enzo hurried

gone, Silas released Barnaby and gave him a light smack on the back of his head. "Have you lost your mind? If you're drunk, just puke it out. Don't let it affect your

are you

say anything bad!"

you had, you wouldn't be

boss used to keep Barnaby and Finley apart. Put them together, and

ensue.

...

arm, delirious with fever

spent the day negotiating with the Doyne family. The last thing he wanted was to nurse a feverish woman. Such a task that required attentive mind, he

family estate."

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

"And what's that?"

to wipe

Enzo were left speechless. They exchanged a glance, and then looked back at the doctor. The room was full of men. Who was going to

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

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

thought, for someone

have their boss personally escort her, she surely wasn't an ordinary person, and in that case, there