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When love comes calling

Author: Gifted
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The sound of the rain had faded into a soft drizzle by the time the housekeeper knocked again, her voice laced with real worry this time.

“Madam,” she said, wringing her hands, “please come. Mr. Ben… it’s not just stress. He’s burning up. I’m scared.”

Serena had been curled up in the sunroom with her laptop, trying to refocus her thoughts after Jake’s chaotic storm of messages. She had dismissed the housekeeper earlier, brushing it off with a wave of her manicured hand.

“Ben? Sick? That man doesn’t do sick,” she had said with a faint scoff. “He probably just needs a break from the stock market and his army of assistants.”

But now, something in the housekeeper’s voice struck her.

She stood abruptly. “Where is he?”

“In his room. He hasn’t moved all day.”

Serena didn’t hesitate this time. She made her way down the hallway—her heels clicking against the polished wood floors—toward the room she had never stepped into, despite being married to him. The door was slightly ajar. She pushed it
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