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.

the doctor declared, “She’s got a high fever. I’ll give her something to bring it down. Also… Mrs. Lowry’s

subtext. Megan had been

be so

Megan was g

advised, “Best

and motioned for the housekeeper to

for the housekeeper, “Prepare

and shirts that she had taken for dry cleaning the week before and was delivering them early.

as she saw

bed. Even if the room was

leave them on the couch and go. And from now on, you don’t need

Is for Sullivan

She liked taking care of these personal details pretending,

wonder why she felt such animosity towards Megan yet was indifferent, even accommodating, to Cressida. Perhaps deep down, she knew that if Sullivan were to

for the most

still sleeping in his bed. He pinched her cheek gently, gradually applying more pressure until she turned away

freshly laundered clothes. They were clean, but the solvent scent was off–putting.