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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.

glared. "Is that

about stuff like this the way someone

he could be in bed, Susanna would've started

it came

"I've already seen

Susanna groaned.

to him. Like he

matter-of-fact. Like none

to the last

Hull lost patience. With one swift move, he just pulled her

had time to protest—she

in the pillows, Susanna muttered, “Our deal was

was

again. "I

sat up, affronted.

you do! You

get to see

still haven't seen her. I got totally

make her

since learning the truth about her family, Susanna had started to find her own

heard what had happened,

"You know

dropped her fork. "She did what? She

Ronald said,

that morning when Susanna called, her voice

was out practicing

through. “She's a lot

Ronald nodded. "Yeah."