ng onto Vivian as if he were tearing her into

y the menace in his eyes t

anything..." she e

rd, clamping his large hand around her thr

her face turned crimson. She

y like he was a devil from hell, his every word laced with an icy ch

nt in his eyes was

ed at him i

and that, in his eyes, s

to kill her when anythi

"Mr. Palmer, Miss Fuller's stomachache is from the acute gastroenteritis she is having now. It

his hand, which had been

her throat as she coughed violently, tear

ad of any note of apology. "Even if it wasn't you this time, remember this clearl

y disheveled collar, picked up his coa

ng?" Vivian asked,

ersely, then quickly walk

slammed shut wi

touched the sore spot on her ne

ish infatuation, at her own stupidity for c

was not a ca

the cold flo

ital for her shift as if nothing h

r neck was glaringly obvious, so

vian, a patient named Cassie was admitted last night with acute gastroenter

n her heart but remai

hospital, Vivian saw Archie sitting b

intent, as if he were taking

just let him feed her, a blissfu

armonious, yet at it, Vi

ticed Vivian before Archie did

stepped forward. "Miss Fuller, I

, his gaze as indifferent a

k Cassie's temperatur

d to you?" Cassie pointed at a patch of redness

tinctively grabbed the edge of h

itely wrapped box from the nightstand and handed it to Vivian. "By the way, Vivian

at the box but

ld me that you love sweets." Cassie eag

as she now discovered that Archie ev

ly held nothing b

an just said in a

eave. But Archie called out to her. "You will go have

ke another ord

r sides imperceptibly. "There i

e his voice, but it carried an unmistakab

. He just wanted Vivian out of the hos

a deep bre

oment she closed the door, she hear

arsh to Vivian. After all

uences," Archie said nonchalantly, as if he w

steps f

en have the right to be f