Chapter 24

When Zachary was driven back to the villa, it was already 3:00 am.

Stumbling into the bedroom, he collapsed onto the bed, barely able to keep his eyes open.

He was jolted awake by a sharp pain in his stomach,

"Tessa, my stomach hurts," he mumbled. "Get me some medicine."

But there was no reply.

He called out again, "Tessa Tes

Suddenly, he sat up in bed, fully awake.

A wave of realization hit him that Tessa had moved out

of loneliness and discomfort washed over

he stumbled out of bed, desperately searching for

unbearable,

was startled when her

medicine for a stomach ache?"

breath, mentally reminding herself, "It's okay. He pays well. A little less sleep won't hurt." She glanced at the time, and it

It was the

few more deep breaths to calm herself before fording a polite tone. "The medicine cabinet is in Ms. Yates' room, on the top

the phone and, leaning against the wall, made his way to Tessa's room. He opened the cabinet and found a

wasn't sure which one to

give him something when

the cramps, quickly scanning through the instructions on the bottles before taking two

kill me," he thought,

called out

me some chicken noodle

the

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