Stella snuggled comfortably into Ronald's warm embrace, finally closing her eyes. Clinging to him felt a lot safer than keeping her distance.

Ronald chuckled softly, sensing her thoughts. "Star."

"Don't talk. I'm really tired."

Ronald's unfinished words were held back by Stella's interjection. She had no interest in hearing another word from Ronald, especially at bedtime. Their conversations had a tendency to veer off into

unpredictable territory.

...

Meanwhile, miles away in Ferrowland, Susanna was burning up with fever. Hull, out of options, called Enzo to get a doctor over.

It was 2 a.m. when Enzo received the call. He was at a local bar, sharing a drink with Barnaby and Silas. "Now?"

"If not, she's going to end up like a roasted turkey," Hull grumbled, clearly frustrated from tending to Susanna.

Enzo, sensing Hull's irritation, felt his heart lurched and dared not press further. "Alright, right away."noveldrama

He hung up and immediately called the team doctor, urging him to get to Hull's villa pronto.

After making the call, Enzo realized something was off. "I need to head over to the boss's place."

Barnaby wondered, "You're sending the doc over? Did the boss... with that woman?"

Silas clamped a hand over his mouth, preventing him from uttering more.

Everyone knew Enzo couldn't keep a secret to save his life. If this got back to the boss, Barnaby would be in hot water.

Silas forced a laugh as he gazed at Enzo. "He's had too much to drink. You go ahead."

Without another word, Enzo hurried out.

Once he was gone, Silas released Barnaby and gave him a light smack on the back of his head. "Have you lost your mind? If you're drunk, just puke it out. Don't let it affect your brain and spout nonsense." Barnaby protested, "We barely drank anything!"

"Then why are you blabbering nonsense?"

"I didn't even say anything bad!" Barnaby retorted.

Silas continued, "You didn't say it, but if you had, you wouldn't be saying anything else for the rest of your life."

No wonder his boss used to keep Barnaby and Finley apart. Put them together, and chaos was bound to

ensue.

...

Back at the villa, Susanna clung to Hull's arm, delirious with fever and mumbling "Mom" under her breath.

Hull felt his head aching; he was already exhausted, having spent the day negotiating with the Doyne family. The last thing he wanted was to nurse a feverish woman. Such a task that required attentive mind, he had never done it before.

"I should throw you at the Quinn family estate." Either way, she'd be safer there.

The doctor arrived soon after with Enzo. Seeing Susanna's high fever, he quickly administered an injection and then turned to Hull. "Her fever's quite high. We need to apply some physical cooling."

"And what's that?"

"Using lukewarm water to wipe her down," the doctor explained.

Hull and Enzo were left speechless. They exchanged a glance, and then looked back at the doctor. The room was full of men. Who was going to do it?

Enzo hesitated, "Uh, Silas and the guys are still at the bar. I should go pick them up."

He was already regretting coming here. Considering he had no idea what Susanna meant to Hull, he should definitely not get involved.

Another thought, for someone who

could have their boss personally escort her, she surely wasn't an ordinary person, and in that case, there would be no reason fo Enzo to stay.

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But just as Enzo was about to leave, Hull's icy voice stopped him. "Hold it."

Enzo tensed, turning back. "Yes, boss?"

"Find a maid."

Enzo uttered, "Right now? All the housekeeping services are closed. It'd have to wait till morning."

There was another option.

"We could borrow someone from your family, but that'd alert Mrs. Hull."

If she found out, she'd definitely ask questions, and that would take time too.

Hull's eyes narrowed. "So what's your suggestion?"

Enzo shrugged, "You do it."

There was no way he or the doctor were going to take that risk. It wasn't their woman, and doing so could be downright dangerous.

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