Love For Hire

Chapter 23: 23

Dr. Horton removed the blood pressure cuff and tucked it into his bag. “Well, I am concerned,” he said. “You are anemic and emaciated. What have you been eating?”

“He has not,” Kinsley answered for him. “He barely eats anything.”

“Well, that would explain why you are weak, underweight, and malnourished. You must eat,” Dr. Horton scolded.

“Eating makes me nauseated,” Nicholas complained.

“Well, if you do not eat, you will die. You are starving yourself; your body is actually starting to eat itself. If you keep on this path, you will start losing muscle mass, and you will look like an anorexic thirteen-year-old girl.”

Nicholas shrugged like he did not care. Kinsley had to do something she could not sit by and allow him to starve himself to death. “If you do not start eating, I will not marry you,” she threatened.

His face took on an annoyed expression. “You would threaten me?”

“Nicholas, I want what is best for you, and you promised me to do what you must to survive. Listen to Dr. Horton. If you do not, then you are breaking your promise to me, and I will not marry you,” she tried to reason with him.

He sighed. “Fine, I will eat.”

Kinsley looked over and Dr. Horton, who stood by the King and Queen. All three of them smiled at her, and Naya gave her a nod of respect for the way she handled Nicholas. In the short time his mother was here, Kinsley had picked up a few tricks on how to manage difficult men.

“Very good,” Dr. Horton smiled. “I want you on a high protein diet. You must ingest a minimum of 2000 calories a day. As for the blood, I am certain it was because you were vomiting up the lining of your stomach, given that you had no food in your system. I will give you a prescription for something to settle your stomach, but if the blood persists, I want you to go to a hospital. I am going to schedule an ultrasound so we can take a more in-depth look and be sure it is nothing more serious.”

“Fine,” Nicholas grumbled.

Dr. Horton to the door. No doubt to speak to him about his

as she too left the room. At that moment, Octavius came into the room and whispered to Samuel. Then they both excused themselves from the room. Kinsley now stood in the room with Nicholas seated

be so kind as to leave us? I wish a moment with my

and left the brothers alone to speak in

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the door as Kinsley left. He shut the door to close them off to the view of those

so terrible I wish some time alone with my brother?” He said, reaching into the inner pocket of his jacket. He removed a vile of arsenic. Removing the cap, he poured the poison into one of the glasses and quickly stirred it until it was

want something,”

a moment to apologize for the things I said at dinner the other night. They were cruel. I was being petty and having a tantrum. I want you to know that I wish you

“Thank you, Matthew.”

held out his glass and clanked it lightly with the one in Nicholas’ hand. He watched with a smile as Nicholas

His failing health would be attributed to his condition, and no one would suspect he was slowly being killed. Then in a few weeks, he’d slip him a fatal dose and happily attend his brother’s state funeral. Keeping him sick

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trying to decide what kind of dress she wanted. Naya had told her to find a concept she liked and that they would have the royal family’s seamstress custom make the gown for her

said I would find you in here,” he said as he came over

know the room was not empty?”

“Peaches,” he grinned.

“I think I should change my

not you dare? I have come to love that

decide what kind of dress

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