Chapter 690

Because she was in pain, she kept squirming restlessly.

Hull was having a hard time keeping her still. He finally just scooped her right out

of the blankets and cradled her in his arms. "Settle down," he said, his voice leaving no room for argument.

Even in her feverish daze, Susanna instinctively shrank her neck, cowed by his commanding tone.

Hull looked down at her, this tiny, trembling thing, and couldn't help but sigh under his breath.

"It hurts..." she whimpered, squeezing her eyes shut as Hull dabbed ointment on her wound again.

He paused, glancing at her scrunched-up face. "You're such a wimp," he muttered, almost to himself.

With Susanna whining about the pain every few seconds, it took Hull nearly ten minutes to finish treating her ten minutes of her wriggling in his lap, making things just as uncomfortable for him as they were for her.

When he was finally done, Hull tucked her carefully back under the covers, then reached for the bottle of liquid medicine the housekeeper had set out.

Just as the housekeeper warned, Susanna wasn't having any of it. She flat-out refused to take the medicine, no matter how gently he tried.

up," he ordered, his tone leaving no room for nonsense. Normally, Susanna would have obeyed out of sheer intimidation. But tonight, she just clung to her comforter, rolled to the

marched over, grabbed her

to basically force-feed her the medicine, which resulted in more of it ending up on her pajamas than in

done, Hull was sweating

stormed out of the room, jaw clenched, and found the housekeeper waiting anxiously in the hallway. She took one look at his expression and practically

Hull

the

for

the hall to his own room, stripping off his shirt

the floor as he went.

Qu

he cranked the

in, letting the chiff cool his frayed

his forehead to the tiles. This loss

fresh clothes, and just as he was running a hand through

It was

it?" Hull called, his voice still

Susanna won't let us change her clothes. She's clutching her pajamas and won't let go, no matter what we say." Hull's eyes narrowed. "Then cut

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