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.

an unconscious Joseph, his brows furrowed slightly, and he swiftly wrapped Joseph in the thin blanket and

bundle up and come

voice was a calm anchor in

door and hurriedly got

back seat of

Joseph, and the man

the ER, and Lizetta, watching

chest pressed against her back as he wrapped his arms around her waist,

“Got scared?”

and Lizetta let out a faint grunt, leaning on

before, never imagined

she’d held Joseph, unable to rouse

going to be

her heart in knots.

her to a chair, took an alcohol wipe and carefully

Dashiell family’s troublemaker? What could possibly

his teasing tone eased her a bit, and

the Dashiell family has a troublemaker,

whatever you say. So, did I manage

cleaning her hands, Remington tossed the tissue away, gave her hand a squeeze, and looked up at her.

his eyes made Lizetta’s heart race.

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

then she realized how close they were, and she tried to pull her hand back in a

he asked,

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