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 been running on empty. She needs to beef up her

understood the subtext. Megan had

be

Megan was g

Dr. Katherine advised, “Best she stays

and motioned for the housekeeper to escort the

returning footsteps for the housekeeper, “Prepare a bowl

of Sullivan’s suits and shirts that

registered on her face as she saw

And clearly, she and Sullivan had shared a bed. Even if the room was spotless, a

frowned slightly. “Just leave them on the couch and go. And from now on, you

Is for Sullivan

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

Megan yet was indifferent, even accommodating, to Cressida. Perhaps deep down, she knew that if Sullivan were to fancy anyone it would

for the most beautiful. Sullivan was no exception.

pinched her

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