The Imposter Bride by Sallie Woods

Chapter 18

James and Chase thought he couldn’t raise the flag, maybe his past traumas had made him detest women. But now he was feeling a feverish heat, his body responding instantly at the sight of her rosy lips. He swallowed hard.

He quickly helped her into a clean nightgown, tucking her in under the covers. He then stepped out of the room

After a while, he couldn’t help but walk back in to check on her. After making sure she was sleeping peacefully, he finally returned to his own room and lay down. Visions of Natalia’s skin marked with hints of redness danced in his mind, lulling him to sleep only when the dawn broke

The next morning, Natalia woke up startled from a series of nightmares. It was already ten in the morning The curtains had been drawn open by the housekeeper. Sunlight streamed in through the cracks of the windows, and the distant sound of waves crashing against the rocks reached her cars

Natalia turned her head gently, feeling a sharp pain all over her body, and her head was spinning. At that moment, May pushed the door open and walked in. “Miss Natalia, you’re awake. You were bitten by Perth, and you had a fever last night Mr Magnus took care of you all night, May entered the room with a cheerful smile. “You must be hungry I made some oatmeal for you Eat something before the doctor comes to change your bandages”

It was then that Natalia remembered what had happened last night. She had wandered into the backwoods and almost been eaten by a wolf The last thing she remembered was someone carrying her away before everything went black

“May, who was it that saved me yesterday? I almost got eaten by that wolf,” she recalled, her palms breaking into a cold sweat again

“Linden saved you. That wolf, Perth, was imported from Africa by Mr. Magnus himself. He’s usually not vicious, but he didn’t recognize you and that’s why he hurt you.”

Keeping a wolf as a pet? And it didn’t recognize her? What was he thinking by keeping such a dangerous creature? It nearly ate her, and they said

it wasn’t vicious.

She thought this person was strange, even his pets were ferocious. Natalia slowly sat up. She was dressed in a clean nightgown, her wounds had been treated, but her head was still dizzy.

oatmeal, “Miss

oatmeal. She hadn’t eaten anything since last night and was

vicious wolves are by nature?” Wasn’t she just lost? How come she end up so close with being eaten by a

a sudden attack on the island, and he, because of his leg, was almost killed. But after he brought Perth home, the next time bad people tried to attack, Linden released Perth and scared them away. No one

attack the master ever

at Natalia, “Mr. Magnus is a good man. You’ll be happy if you marry

a bad temper. She was scared of him. She was even more afraid that one day

He was a man in his fifties. He politely changed the

her room, just lay on the bed thinking about what May had said,

it really him who took care of her? She vaguely remembered the warm embrace from

her? She remembered him telling her to stay three meters away from him yesterday.

was Mr. Lucius‘ lover, why

he said she was dirty.

from him. But thinking about his leg, sympathy welled up in her heart again. If he was not physically challenged, maybe his hatred

bedroom door was pushed open The man, neatly dressed, rolled his wheelchair towards the edge of her bed. His gaze still deeply fixed

last night,” Natalia

wheelchair right up to the bed, reaching out a hand towards her forehead. Natalia flinched. She looked up at the man’s large hand touching her forehead. Her heart skipped

has indeed gone down,‘ he moved back slightly, “Don’t go to the backwoods again. And continue reading that book I need to

of sucking anyone in instantly. Didn’t he ask her to stay three meters away from him yesterday? And didn’t he ask her to get lost? Why did he

at him, her mouth

noticed her hesitation, his lips pressing into

am