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.

“She’s got a high fever. I’ll give her something to bring it down. Also… Mrs. Lowry’s been running on empty. She needs to beef up her

was clear, but Sullivan understood the subtext. Megan had been buming

be so pampered.

Megan was g

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

the housekeeper to escort the doctor out.

footsteps for the housekeeper, “Prepare a

shirts that she had taken for dry cleaning

on her face as she saw Megan in bed.

a bed. Even if the room was spotless, a faint kiss

“Just leave them on the couch and go. And from now on, you don’t need to worry about these

Is for Sullivan

eyes dropped, a flush of embarrassment coloring her cheeks. She liked taking care of these personal details pretending, if only in her mind, that she was

felt such animosity towards Megan yet was indifferent, even accommodating, to Cressida. Perhaps deep down, she

most beautiful.

his bed. He pinched her cheek gently, gradually applying more pressure

darkened. He moved to the living room, eyeing the freshly laundered clothes. They were clean,