Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 655

Susanna Tucker was still racking her brain, trying to figure out exactly what Hull wanted as payment-and she was starving.

Hull hadn't left the house all day. By midnight, Susanna's stomach was growling so loud she couldn't take it anymore. She crept downstairs in search of something to eat.

And then...

It was way past midnight, but Hull was still up, standing in the living room with Silas. Looked like they'd just finished a conversation and were about to head upstairs.

Susanna had already made it down two steps before she saw them. Her heart leapt into her throat. She spun around, desperate to sneak back to her room before anyone noticed.

But she turned too fast. Her foot slipped. "Ahhh-!"

Her scream echoed throughout the whole damn house.

She lost her balance, arms flailing for anything to grab, but this time she wasn't lucky. Her body tumbled backward, straight down the stairs.

From the living room below, she heard a chorus of sharp intakes of breath, and someone yelling.

"Boss!"

With a thud, Susanna finally landed-but the pain she expected never came. Because she'd landed squarely on top of Hull.

grunt. Silas and Barnaby stared, mouths hanging open,

was the first to recover: "Holy-Susie,

kind of beef do you have with our boss? If you wanna

sugarcoat your murder

fumed as he helped haul Susanna to

as Barnaby pulled her up;

to Hull.

already beaded with sweat. "Call the doc,"

that, Barnaby rounded on Susanna, even more furious. "Seriously,

me," Susanna whimpered, shrinking in on herself like a

hundred mouths. At this point, she was ready to just give up her dignity-and her

feet-whenever Hull was around, they all seemed determined to get her in trouble. She was

give me that. You totally are! I'm telling you, you're in

Susanna: ""

time you didn't manage to poison the boss, so now you're just gonna squash her? What's

Susanna: "..."

method was that supposed to

his forehead, exasperated. "Barnaby,