It was a setup.
Matthew was burning up, the heat unbearable. His throat bobbed as he growled. "Get out!"
Lillian's face was flushed, and even with such a rebuke, she clung to him tightly.
"Matthew, it's unbearable. Help me... Please help me." Without a second thought, she tore open her collar, her arms entwined with Matthew's, her eyes dazed.
Matthew was disgusted to the extreme. He endured the discomfort and pushed Lillian away forcefully. "Get away. I'm not interested in you."
Lillian's body thudded into the sofa, the pain in her waist causing her to half-shed tears. Matthew's words echoed in her mind, stinging her and bringing back a bit of her sanity.
She muttered to herself in self-mockery, "I've come to this, and you're still indifferent."
But the surging heat and intense unwi
