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.

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

Sullivan understood the subtext. Megan had

to be

Megan was g

advised, “Best she stays in bed for the day”

housekeeper to escort the doctor out.

for the housekeeper, “Prepare a bowl of chicken soup,

of Sullivan’s suits and shirts that she had taken for dry

her face as she

if the room was spotless, a faint kiss mark

and go. And from now on, you don’t need

Is for Sullivan

these personal details pretending, if only in her mind, that she was Mrs. Lowry. But Sullivan had seen through her charade.

help but 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 fancy anyone

always go for the most beautiful.

at the woman still sleeping in his bed. He pinched her cheek gently, gradually applying more pressure until

the freshly laundered clothes. They were clean, but