Missing Mrs. Lowry: The Billionaire’s Wakeup Call

Chapter 27

Down was just breaking as Sullivan stirred awake

It was the heat that did it. He found himself clinging to a human furnace, soaking his pajama top with sweat.

Blinking his eyes open, he saw Megan’s unnaturally red cheeks.

He touched her forehead and recoiled at its burning temperature.

Jumping out of bed, Sullivan hurried downstairs and instructed the housekeeper, “Call Dr. Katherine, have her come over right away.”

The housekeeper, looking anxious, asked, “Are you feeling unwell, sir?”

Sullivan was halfway back up the stairs when he paused, “Tell her Madam has a fever, and it’s urgent.”

Within half an hour, Dr. Katherine arrived

The bedroom was pristine, the traces of last night’s intimacy gone.

fever. I’ll give her something to bring it down. Also…

message was clear, but Sullivan understood the subtext. Megan had been buming the candle at both ends, often skipping

be so pampered.

Megan was g

and Dr. Katherine advised, “Best she stays in bed for

the housekeeper

the returning footsteps for the housekeeper, “Prepare a

at the door stood Bianca, carrying a bundle of Sullivan’s suits and shirts that she had

face as she saw Megan in bed.

if the room was

them on the couch and

Is for Sullivan

She liked taking care of these personal details pretending, if only

was indifferent, even accommodating, to Cressida. Perhaps

go for the most beautiful. Sullivan was no

his bed. He pinched her cheek gently, gradually applying

were clean, but the solvent scent was