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.

a high fever. I’ll give her something to bring it down. Also… Mrs. Lowry’s been running on empty.

clear, but Sullivan understood the subtext. Megan had been buming the candle at both

be so

Megan was g

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

the housekeeper to escort the doctor

doctor left, Sullivan called out, mistaking the returning footsteps for the housekeeper, “Prepare a bowl of chicken soup,

of Sullivan’s suits and shirts that she had

her face as she saw Megan in

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

noticing Bianca and her bundle, frowned slightly. “Just leave them on the couch and go. And from now on, you don’t need to worry about these things!”

Is for Sullivan

of these personal details pretending, if only in her

accommodating, to Cressida. Perhaps deep down, she knew that if

always go for the most beautiful. Sullivan

woman still sleeping in his bed. He pinched her cheek gently,

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

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