My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 49

Chapter 49: Child Care Team

The servants and Nolan—who was supposedly "away"—stood in the room while the in-house doctor checked on Primo. The young master’s temperature was quite high, but being ill was not the only concern weighing on them.

It was the fact that whenever Primo got sick, he was difficult to console.

"We’re still checking what’s going on..." the in-house doctor remarked, as the fever had come on abruptly.

Primo hadn’t shown any signs beforehand, but that was because the little boy kept things to himself. Until he suddenly passed out in Ashley’s arms, no one had known he wasn’t feeling well.

As Nolan, who was in charge of the young master’s care, discussed the situation with the doctor, those outside — the maids — were already whispering among themselves.

"Of course, it’s her fault!" one of the maids intoned. "Why do you think the young master suddenly got sick? It’s because she kept forcing him to play in the dirt all day!"

"This is exactly what we were talking about a few days ago! The young master has been doing well, but she just exposed him to so many germs. He couldn’t even stand dust in his room, but that woman kept dragging him out."

Another one sighed heavily. "The master already knows the young master is sensitive, but he’s just letting that woman do whatever she wants."

"Not only is she wasting resources, but look at what she’s done!"

Of course, these whispers stayed among them. However, Ashley wasn’t too far away to miss the buzz.

Betty ground her teeth, glaring at the maids at the end of the hallway.

How could they blame all of this on the madam?! The Young Master has always been sickly, even when he doesn’t go out!

Frustrated, her eyes fell on her boss just to see if this affected her.

Ashley was leaning against the wall, staring sharply at the door. The usual smile and the bright air around her were gone. What Betty saw was... nothing. She couldn’t read Ashley or predict what was going on in her head at the moment.

However, it didn’t seem like Ashley cared about the growing whispers.

"Madam," Betty called quietly, but as expected, she received no answer. "The young master will be alright."

Ashley remained silent, ignoring everything else as she waited for Nolan to come out. Unfortunately, she wasn’t allowed inside because, according to Nolan, it was best if Ashley didn’t "catch" whatever flu or virus Primo had contracted.

But everyone knew that wasn’t the real reason.

She couldn’t go in because Primo was at his worst whenever he was sick. They couldn’t even get him to take medicine. So usually, the doctor would put him on IV, depending on the severity of the illness, or they would resort to the old method of wiping him down and praying to the heavens that he would recover.

If everything failed, then Lucian would have to sit down with his son.

Why did he get sick this time?

Ashley couldn’t help but recall her memories from the previous timeline.

He got sick all the time in my previous life, but I don’t think he got sick around this time. Or was I just not aware?

Just like how she hadn’t known Isabella had come a week earlier in her previous life, because Ashley had locked herself in her room. On top of that, she hadn’t really cared about the boy—it was part of her marriage agreement with Lucian: not to care for Primo.

And she did just that.

Ashley’s thoughts halted when the door opened from the inside. She straightened and pushed herself off the wall, looking expectantly at Nolan and the doctor.

"How is he?" she asked before they could even close the door.

"Like the doctor said, we still don’t know yet, Madam," Nolan explained. "But we’ll let you know tomorrow. The doctor has already prescribed him some medicine to lower his temperature." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

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