Chapter 245

Lizetta barely caught any Zs last night, tossing and turning, and even woke up at the witching hour to check on Joseph’s noggin.

Come moming, she woke up to full daylight streaming through the window and craned her neck.

Joseph was all snuggled up in the blanket, back turned to her and not moving a muscle.

Lizetta reached out and gave the boy’s head a little rub.

“The sun’s shining on our butts; time for us slackers to roll out of bed!”

But Joseph was still out like a light, and Lizetta propped herself up with a chuckle.

the act, get up. Gobble up breakfast and I’ll drop you off…”

She froze mid–sentence, her face going pale.

Joseph’s little face was burning up, and tuming him over, she saw a crimson mess under his nose a nosebleed had soaked through half the pillowcase.

“Joseph, wake up! Remi!”

Lizetta was scared witless, propping Joseph up and grabbing tissues to dab at the nosebleed, shouting for Remington.

Remington responded and pushed at the door, but it was locked from the inside.

Just as Lizetta was about to hop out of bed to unlock it, bam! Remington burst through the door.

bed, panic–stricken, cradling an unconscious Joseph, his brows furrowed slightly, and he swiftly wrapped Joseph in the thin blanket and scooped

bundle up and

calm anchor

door and hurriedly

tucked Joseph into the back seat of the car and was

in, holding Joseph, and the man

and Lizetta, watching

back as he wrapped his arms around her waist, steadying her.

“Got scared?”

rumble, and Lizetta let out a faint

before, never imagined it could be

held Joseph, unable to rouse him, his nosebleed

to be okay, right?”

up, her heart in

took an alcohol wipe and carefully started cleaning the

troublemaker? What could possibly happen to him?”

tone eased her a bit,

sibling like that? If the Dashiell family has a troublemaker, it’s you.

say. So, did I manage

hands, Remington tossed the tissue away, gave her hand a squeeze,

eyes

the biggest disaster of them all? She’d fallen head over heels for him, utterly bewitched.

and she tried to pull

up, he

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