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You could just tell she was feeling hurt.

Hull raised an eyebrow. "What's going on?"

Susanna rolled over in bed, clutching the comforter around her. Her voice was muffled. "Nothing. I'm fine."

But she was obviously not fine.

Hull sighed. “Look, I know women from Portis City have all these big ideas about, you know, waiting for the right moment..... maybe even saving it for their wedding night. But come on, that's old-school stuff. Are people really still that conservative?"

Susanna's eyes went wide. "Are we really having this conversation?"

Seriously. Was this the kind of thing you just talked about so casually?

Well, whatever, she had bigger things on her mind right now.

Hull, seeing she wasn't answering, started rummaging through the medical kit, snapping on latex gloves. "Alright, pants down."

Susanna sat up, alarmed. “I can do it myself.”

Just the idea of him telling her to take her pants off made her freeze up.

"Or I could ask the housekeeper to help, if you'd prefer," Hull offered.

"You sure about that?" he added.

Susanna hesitated. Was she? No way. If the housekeeper got involved, she'd die of embarrassment. "I'll do it."

So, she braced herself, cheeks burning.

Hull gave her a look-intense, unreadable. Susanna squirmed under his gaze.

“Um..... what's with the look?" she mumbled. "Can't I just do it myself?"

completely unfazed. “Feeling

glared. "Is that not

talked about stuff like this the way

could be in bed, Susanna

the thing—when it came to this stuff, he was just...

"I've

Susanna groaned.

him. Like he was saying he'd already

Like none of this fazed him at

the last bit

one swift move, he just

time to protest—she was

face in the pillows, Susanna muttered, “Our

was tiny,

"I don't really

up, affronted.

course you do! You said if

I'd get to see my

still haven't seen her. I got totally

make her want

since learning the truth about her family,

heard what had happened, she was

to Stella. "You know Susanna spent

"She did what?

Ronald said,

called, her voice trembling as she talked about that

she was out practicing with

shining through. “She's

Ronald nodded. "Yeah."